José de Nebra

José Melchor Baltasar Gaspar Nebra Blasco (January 6, 1702 – July 11, 1768) was a Spanish composer.

José de Nebra was born in Calatayud and was taught by his father, José Antonio Nebra Mezquita (1672–1748), organist and master of choirboys at the Cathedral of Cuenca 1711-1729. Two brothers were also musicians: Francisco Javier Nebra Blasco (1705–1741), organist of La Seo in Zaragoza till he moved to Cuenca in 1729, then succeeded by his brother Joaquín Ignacio Nebra Blasco (1709–1782) till his death.[1] He died in Madrid.

More than 170 works by Nebra survive: masses, psalms, litanies, a Stabat Mater, a Salve Regina, cantatas, villancicos, and around thirty keyboard works. But his significance is as the leading late Baroque composer of Spanish opera and zarzuela.

Some of Nebra's zarzuelas, choral works and solo cantatas have been recorded on CD by the Spanish group Al Ayre Español, and other works by Los Músicos de Su Alteza, choral orchestral works by Madrid Barroco

Works

Sacred works

Operas

Zarzuelas

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Maria-Salud Alvarez, Tecla Aragonesa, III, Obras Ineditas Para Tecla, Institut Fernando el Catalico, Zaragoza, 1995
  2. ↑ excerpts Maria Bayo, Arias de Zarzuela, Banzo, Naive
  3. ↑ José de Nebra - Excerpts from Zarzuela « Para obsequio a la deydad nunca es culto la crueldad, y Iphigenia en Tracia » Mss 1232 & 281, Bibl. & Archives, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid (1747) recording on Banzo, Al Ayre Espanol on Resonanzen 2001 Viva España! ORF "Edition Alte Musik" CD 281

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