Juan de Navas
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Juan de Navas was a Spanish baroque composer and harpist. As court harpist to Charles II of Spain
he was sought as approver of Torres y Martínez Bravo
's treatise on thoroughbass.
Recordings:
Charles II of Spain
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
he was sought as approver of Torres y Martínez Bravo
José de Torres
José de Torres y Martínez Bravo was a Spanish composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher.Torres was born in Madrid, where he served as organist of the capilla real from 1697. With the arrival of the Bourbons, Torres was expelled from the capilla, but avoided exile and was rehabilitated...
's treatise on thoroughbass.
Works, editions and recordings
- villancicos - Angelicas escuadras and others.
- tonos humanos in the Guerra ManuscriptGuerra ManuscriptThe Guerra Manuscript is an important musical manuscript copied by the nobleman and scribe José Miguel de Guerra y Villegas for the capilla real of Charles II of Spain around 1680....
and other sources.
Recordings:
- Ay, divino amor - on Cantadas de pasión Maria Luz Álvarez, Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer. Arcana 2005.