El poema sacro Melo-dramático de Buono Chiodi (Santiago de Compostela, 1773)

Abstract

Several authors allude in their studies to the existence of an “opera” composed by the teacher of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Buono Chiodi, for the 1773 Holy Year. At this moment it has not been possible to fi nd any track of the music of such a work, consequently we cannot declare on the quality of this one. Despite everything, it’s of supreme interest the libretto appeared recently between the funds of the National Library. For the subject that approaches —the Adjournment of the body of Apostle Santiago at the expense of their disciples, from Jerusalem to the current Compostela—, as well as for the circumstances that surround their premiere in the festivity of the Holy Boss of Spain, supported by the Chapter of Santiago, undoubtedly, it can be considered a manifestation submitted to the cathedral clergy power opposite to other power, civil and religious, of the town.