Juan de Navas

Juan de Navas (c.1650-1719) was a Spanish baroque composer and harpist.[1] As court harpist to Charles II of Spain he was sought as approver of Torres y Martínez Bravo's treatise on thoroughbass.

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  1. ^ Louise K. Stein Songs of mortals, dialogues of the gods 1993 p306 "The harpist Juan de Navas (c.1650-1719) was considerably younger than Hidalgo, and his career did not flourish until after Hidalgo's death, so he belongs to the generation of court composers who were followers of Hidalgo."
  2. ^ Tess Knighton, Álvaro Torrente Devotional music in the Iberian world, 1450-1800: the villancico 2007 p.xv figure: Refrain of the villancico Angelicas escuadras by Juan de Navas, bars 1-4 (EV, 51/26) 193 7.2 "Rhythmic relationship between music and text in the previous passage of the refrain of the villancico Angelicas escuadras by Juan de Navas"