Musica Ficta (Spain)
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- There are four other early music ensembles with the same name:
- Musica Ficta (Argentina) founded 1975 by Rubén Soifer.
- Musica Ficta (Colombia)Musica fictaMusica ficta was a term used in European music theory from the late 12th century to about 1600 to describe any pitches, whether notated or to be added by performers in accordance with their training, that lie outside the system of musica recta or musica vera as defined by the hexachord system of...
founded 1998 by Carlos SerranoCarlos SerranoCarlos Serrano is a recorder and early woodwinds player born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1963. After recorder studies at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio and Mannes College of Music in New York with Philip Levin, and with Pedro Memelsdorff in Italy, he graduated from the Early Music Institute at Indiana...
. - Musica Ficta (Denmark) founded 1996 by Bo HoltenBo HoltenBo Holten is a Danish composer and conductor.He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles Ars Nova and Musica Ficta , as well as guest-conductor for the BBC Singers...
. - Musica Ficta (New Zealand) founded 2007 by Chris Burcin.
Musica Ficta (Spain) is a Spanish early music ensemble founded in 1992 by Raúl Mallavibarrena, who is also founder and director of Ensemble Fontegara, and of the record label Enchiriadis.
The current ensemble includes:
- Musica Ficta: Eva Juárez, Marta Infante, Alicia Berri, Miguel Bernal, Luis Vicente. Mallavibarrena (percussion and director)
- Ensemble Fontegara: Marie Nishiyama (renaissance harp), Rafael Bonavita (vihuela and renaissance guitar)
Raúl Mallavibarrena
Mallavibarrena (born OviedoOviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
1970) studied guitar with Carmen Ross at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid, flute with Giulio Capocaccia, Music Theory with Alvaro Zaldivar, Chamber Music with Emilio Moreno, Gregorian chant with Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta
Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta
Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta is a Spanish vocalist and musicologist specialising in Gregorian chant.He was born in Neila and entered the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos at a young age...
, basso continuo with Guido Morini
Guido Morini
Guido Morini is an Italian pianist, organist, harpsichordist, musicologist and composer.In the ensemble Accordone he performs early baroque works with singer Marco Beasley.Morini was born in Milan....
, and conducting with Martin Schmidt and Helmut Rilling. Mallavibarrena began directing choirs at age 17, specializing in music of the Renaissance and the Baroque.
A notable contribution to the rediscovery of Spanish renaissance music was the recovery and the three-volume complete recording of the 61 spiritual villanescas of Francisco Guerrero
Francisco Guerrero
Francisco Guerrero was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Seville.Guerrero's early musical education was with his older brother Pedro. He must have been an astonishing prodigy, for at the age of 17 he was already appointed maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral...
with the sponsorship of la Junta de Andalucía
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
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In 2005 with the orquesta Civitas Harmoniae, Musica Ficta performed, and Mallavibarrena conducted, the zarzuela
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...
“Salir el Amor del Mundo" by Sebastián Durón
Sebastián Durón
-Life and career:Sebastian Duron was, with Antonio de Literes, the greatest Spanish composer of stage music of his time. He was born in Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain, and was taught by his brother Diego Duron, also a composer...
en el Teatro Arriaga of Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
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Discography
- 1997 Tomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria , was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an...
Lamentations Pedro RuimontePedro RuimontePedro Ruimonte was a Spanish composer and musician who spent much of his career in the Low Countries.-Early years:...
De profundis C9604 - 1998 Francisco GuerreroFrancisco GuerreroFrancisco Guerrero was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Seville.Guerrero's early musical education was with his older brother Pedro. He must have been an astonishing prodigy, for at the age of 17 he was already appointed maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral...
Motecta C9619 - 1999 Cristóbal de MoralesCristóbal de MoralesCristóbal de Morales was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is generally considered to be the most influential Spanish composer before Victoria.- Life :...
- Réquiem. Lamentabatur Jacob. Cantus C9627 / EN2002 - 2001 Tomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria , was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an...
- Missa Gaudeamus. Salve Regina EN2003 - 2002 Tomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria , was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an...
- Officium Defunctorum. Vadam et circuibo. EN2006 - 2003 Francisco GuerreroFrancisco GuerreroFrancisco Guerrero was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Seville.Guerrero's early musical education was with his older brother Pedro. He must have been an astonishing prodigy, for at the age of 17 he was already appointed maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral...
- Hispalenses EN2009 - 2004 Pedro RuimontePedro RuimontePedro Ruimonte was a Spanish composer and musician who spent much of his career in the Low Countries.-Early years:...
- Parnaso Español EN2011 - 2005 Cancionero de Turín - Canciones, romances y villancicos EN2013
- 2005 Francisco GuerreroFrancisco GuerreroFrancisco Guerrero was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Seville.Guerrero's early musical education was with his older brother Pedro. He must have been an astonishing prodigy, for at the age of 17 he was already appointed maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral...
- Villanescas (volume I) EN2014 - 2006 Alonso LoboAlonso LoboAlonso Lobo was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Although not as famous as Tomás Luís de Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria himself considered him to be his equal....
- Missae Simile est Regnum Caelorum. Petre ego pro te rogavi. EN2016 - 2007 Francisco GuerreroFrancisco GuerreroFrancisco Guerrero was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Seville.Guerrero's early musical education was with his older brother Pedro. He must have been an astonishing prodigy, for at the age of 17 he was already appointed maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral...
- Villanescas (volume II) EN2018 - 2008 Francisco GuerreroFrancisco GuerreroFrancisco Guerrero was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Seville.Guerrero's early musical education was with his older brother Pedro. He must have been an astonishing prodigy, for at the age of 17 he was already appointed maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral...
- Villanescas (volume III)EN2023 - 2010 Tomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria , was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an...
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