Tente en el ayre, Baroque Novohispan Music
Tente en el ayre Baroque Music of the Nueva España
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"From the union of Indian and black woman, lobo is born; from lobo and black woman, chino; from chino and Indian woman cambujo is born; from cambujo and indian woman, Tente en el ayre (stay in the air)". In this way Nicolas Leon (1924) describes the ascendence of this caste, whose name is so musically seggestive….
… we can conclude that caste "tente en le ayre" is definitely a product of the mixing of races, and that without doubt it is constituted by the three great groups that gave origin to tha caotic variety of castes in the spanish colonies: Spaniards, Indians and Africans.
In the music, a similar process took place: Spanish music that had already received African influences, at the time of being trasplanted to American soil received an even stronger African influence and became exposed to the particular vision that the Indians had of music…
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Tracklist
Misa Ave-Maris Stella
1 Gloria
2 Sanctus
3 Angus dei
4 Vengan, vengan corriendo
Dos piezas para guitarra barroca
5 A una profesion
6 Principios de la pandorga
Tres piezas para guitarra barroca
7 villanos
8 El caballero
9 Baylad caracoles
10 Oigan una xacarilla
11 A la xacara, xacarilla
Dos piezas para guitarra barroca
12 Paspied viejo
13 Cumbess
14 Los que fueren de buen gusto
Dos sonatas
15 Andantino e gustoso
16 Allegro
17 Ya murio mi redentor
Cuatro piezas novohispanas
18 Minuet de Anjou
19 Paspied viejo
20 Minuet 6
21 Baylete de la Bretaña
Tres sonatas
22 Sonata VII
23 Sonata VIII
24 Sonata IX
25 Assi de la Deidad
La Fontegara
La Fontegara (Maria Diez-Cañedo, Gabriela Villa Walls and Eloy Cruz) is an instrumental trio with a repertoire that ranges from music of the Late Midde Ages to Roccoco music (c 1350 - c 1770) on instruments made after the originals. The ensemble was formed in 1988 following individual studies in Mexico, Chicago, Boston, New York and The Hague.
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