Un ejemplo ilustrativo del proceso de cambio entre el villancico renacentista y el barroco

Abstract

After a brief and general historical comment about different aspects of Baroque mentality, the article intends to illustrate the process of change which takes place, at different levels of appreciation, between Renaissance and Baroque Christmas carols. To do so, both musical versions of the old traditional refrain entitled "No puedo apartarme'', coming respectively from an anonymous composer from the Cancionero Musical de Palacio (15^th-16^th centuries) and from Juan Vasquez in his Recopilación de Sonetos y Villancicos (1560), are compared. Lastly, these two Renaissance versions are compared to the Baroque carol ''Madre, el amor'' (early 17^th century) by Joan Pau Pujol, whose refrain, more modern and learned, offers a similar literary theme, yet its music is more evolved and elaborate.