1. Introduction

 

2. Brief biography of Juan Manuel Gaitán y Arteaga

 

3. Musical context in Córdoba in the XVIII century

 

4. Pre-flamenco in XVIII century

 

5. Villancicos


5.1 Brief history of origin and development of the villancico up to its peak in the Golden Age.

5.2 The baroque ecclesiastical villancico.

5.3 Form and stylistic differences of the villancico.

5.4 General musical characteristic of eighteenth-century villancico.

5.5 Villancico and Tonadilla de escena.

 

6. Music in Latin America during the viceroyalty. Mainly focus in Peru and Guatemala


7. Analysis of the villancicos and recordings.

 

  • Voy buscando a mi cordero.

  • Pasucal está aquí.

  • A la lid al arma tocan.

  • Villancico hoy amor a los hombres.

 

8. Connections between villancicos and tonadilla de escena: drawing the origin of pre-flamenco


8.1 Italian influence.

8.2 Form, melody, harmony, rhythm and text.

8.3 Treatment of the different groups of orchestral instruments.

8.4 Tonadilla de escena, as a Spanish identity.

8.5 Comparative table.

 

9. Conclusion

 

10. Bibliography