The recercatas of de Albero

Pedro G. A. Aguinagalderomalde

About this exposition

Sebastián de Albero is an interesting musical historic figure in Spain that represents wonderfully the context in which he lived. He drew influence from many places, and the pieces in his album Obras para Clavicordio o Piano Forte are no different. This extraordinary album is the first in Spain to be dedicated to the piano forte, and the recercatas in the album, six, are enigmatic, strange pieces of the Spanish music history. Their influence from the French unmeasured preludes is quite strong, an influence that was possible due to de Albero’s unique background. These pieces give us clues about the musical context of de Albero in the court and out of it: In Navarra, French influences were certainly present, the piano forte was a somewhat popular instrument in court, the recently imported Italian recitativos and toccatas in Madrid offered the right atmosphere for the creation of new rhythmically free pieces, and the Spanish musical tradition was as strong as ever. I propose how to deal with aspect of performance of these recercatas based on their contents and history. The thesis format is most adequate for this work, for its extensive nature

type	research exposition
keywords	18th century, spanish music, piano, historically informed performance, Sebastián de Albero, Art of Interpretation
date	19/11/2024
published	14/07/2025
last modified	14/07/2025
status	limited publication
copyright	Pedro G. A. Aguinagalderomalde
license	CC BY-SA
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3202046/3202047
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

name	Portada de Albero corregido
copyright	Pedro G. A. Aguinagalderomalde
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name	Valle del roncal
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name	Exterior Catedral de Pamplona
copyright	Fernando https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fernando
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name	Ilustración 4: Joan Cabanilles
copyright	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vicen%C3%A7_Salvador_Torres_Guerola
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name	Ilustración 4: Dominico Scarlatti
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name	Ilustración 5-Corselli
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name	Illustration 6: Portrait Piano e Forte Giustini
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license	Public domain
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name	Illustration 6: Maria Bárbara de Bragança
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license	Public domain
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name	Portada de Albero
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license	Public domain
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name	Fortepiano attributed to Francisco Pérez de Mirabal
copyright	Fernando Morales
license	All rights reserved
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name	Illustration 8: Corselli
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license	Public domain
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name	Example 1
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name	Illustration 9: Couperin
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name	d'Anglebert example
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copyright	Pedro G. A. Aguinagalderomalde
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name	Written-out score
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name	Example Annex 8
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name	End of Master Research Project
copyright	Pedro G. A. Aguinagalderomalde
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