Central and East regions
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REGION OR CITY, CITY OR SECTOR
SHORTINFO
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
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Toledo
B Cathedral
COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA
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Valencia
B - Cabanilles - Milán
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Valencia
Martín y Soler*
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Valencia
H Palau
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Algemesí
C Cabanilles*
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Villena
F O Chapí*
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Villena
C Chapí
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Villena
E Chapí
REGIÓN DE MURCIA
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Busot
J ethnic instruments
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Murcia
E Alfonso el Sabio
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Caravaca
J instruments
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B Cathedral
Calle de Cardenal Cisneros, 1 Toledo
Catedral
In Toledo cathedral the holy mass is celebrated according to the Visigothic rite, with Mozarabic plainchant, where elsewhere the Roman rite and Gregorian chant are practiced.
Charles V made Toledo the capital of the Empire and excellent musicians worked here, incl. Morales, Quevedo and Torrentes. In 1561 the court went to Madrid. Alfonso X ‘el Sabio’ (Cantigas de Santa Maria ) was born in Toledo in 1226.
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B - Cabanilles - Milán
Plaza de la Reina, Valencia
Catedral
Juan Bautista José Cabanilles was the best organist and organ composer of Spain. Born in 1644 (> 2201), he became organist in Valencia cathedral and stayed at this post until his death in 1712. The organ of his time is not extant. Another interesting musician from Valencia is Luis de Milán (first half of 15th c). His book El Maestro (1536) is important as the first collection of music for vihuela de mano, i.e. guitar. The Fantasias and songs contain careful verbal indications of tempo, then a new phenomenon.
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Martín y Soler*
Carrer Abadia de Sant Martín, Valencia
The composer Vicente Martín y Soler was born here in 1754; his career brought him to Vienna and St. Petersburg, where he died in 1806. His best opera Una cosa rara competed in Vienna in 1886 with Mozar‘s Nozze di Figaro; the latter quoted from him in Don Giovanni.
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H Palau
Paseo de la Alameda, 30 Valencia
Palau de la Música i Congressos
The new concert hall was inaugurated in 1987 (architect García de Paredas). www.palaudevalencia.com. Monument for the composer Cabanilles (> 2101), who was born in Algemesi in 1644.
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C Cabanilles*
Parc de Salvador Castell, Algemesí (Valencia)
Plaça de l'Organista Cabanilles
Birthplace of the Zarzuela composer Ruperto Chapí y Lorente, °1851 (> 0113). The house is extant, but the exact address could not be retrieved.
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F O Chapí*
Plaza Mayor, Villena (Alicante)
Chapí-monument by A.N. Santafé, erected in 1947.
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C Chapí
Parque Ruperto Chapí, 2 Villena (Alicante)
Grave of Ruperto Chapí, 1909, in the Pantéon des Hombres Illustres of the local cemetery.
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E Chapí
Calle San Sebastian, 88 Villena (Alicante)
Cementerio de Villena
An interesting museum with over 4000 instruments from 145 countries, collected by the ethnomusicologist Carlos Blanco Fadol. By means of video recordings, the visitor gets an impression of their sound, performing practice, function and ambiance.
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J ethnic instruments
Museu de Música Étnica de Busot
In the funeral monument of king Alfonso X ‘el Sabio’ ( 1284) are his heart and intestines; his corpse was buried in Sevilla cathedral. For his Cantigas, (> 0201).
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E Alfonso el Sabio
Paza del Cardinal Belluga, 1 Murcia
Catedral de Santa Maria
Interesting collection of instruments from the entire world, collected since 1970 by Carlos Blanco Fadol and now exhibited in a modern building.
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J instruments
Calle de Pedrera, Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia)
Museo de la Música Étnica de Barranda
Sevilla Cathedral is the largest gothic church of Europe. Francisco Guerrero, apart from Victoria the most prominent Spanish composer of his time, was born in Sevilla in 1528 and began his career in Sevilla Cathedral as a youngster, worked also in Jaén, made adventurous trips abroad (Italy, Holy Land - he was even captured and robbed by pirates) and after having returned to Sevilla he died in 1599. His grave is in the Capilla de Nuestra Señora de la Antigua. In the Capilla Real Alfonso X was buried; his heart and intestines are kept in Murcia. For his Cantigas see 0201.