Publication: Rafael Mitjana (1869-1921) reconstrucción de la biografía de un investigador, crítico, compositor y diplomático regeneracionista
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Pardo Cayuela, Antonio
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Sociedad Española de Musicología
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Rafael Mitjana es una figura relevante de la música española de finales del siglo xix y principios del xx. Mitjana desarrolló una importante labor el en campo de la investigación musical, cuyos frutos más conocidos son quizás el “descubrimiento” del Cancionero de Uppsala y La musique en Espagne (1914), que es considerada la primera historia de la música española escrita de manera sistemática. Dentro de la obra musicológica de Mitjana destacan también numerosos trabajos sobre música y músicos españoles del los siglos xvi y xvii. Por la calidad de sus investigaciones, Mitjana es considerado como uno de los padres de la musicología española. Sin embargo, a pesar de la reconocida importancia de esta figura de la música española, poco sabemos aún sobre su biografía y sus facetas de crítico, compositor y diplomático. Con la intención de paliar esta laguna, en este artículo ofreceré, en primer lugar, un breve repaso a la historiografía sobre Rafael Mitjana; a continuación comentaré la fuentes documentales que he investigado para reconstruir su biografía y, para terminar, reconstruiré ésta, de forma esquemática, a partir de las dichas fuentes.
Rafael Mitjana is a relevant personality who played an important role in the field of musical research towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. His more well-known achievements are the “discovery” of the Cancionero de Uppsala y La musique en Espagne (1914), which is considered the first history of Spanish music written in a systematic way. He also conducted several studies on Spanish music and Spanish musicians from the 16th and 17th centuries and due to the soundness of his research he is considered one of the founders of Spanish musicology. Nevertheless, despite the importance of this personality of Spanish music, very little is known about his biography and his activity as a critic, composer and diplomat. With a view of filling this gap, in the present article I will first review the historiography on Rafael Mitjana and then I will comment the documentary sources I have researched to reconstruct his biography. Finally, I will reconstruct Mitjana's biography following those sources.
Rafael Mitjana is a relevant personality who played an important role in the field of musical research towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. His more well-known achievements are the “discovery” of the Cancionero de Uppsala y La musique en Espagne (1914), which is considered the first history of Spanish music written in a systematic way. He also conducted several studies on Spanish music and Spanish musicians from the 16th and 17th centuries and due to the soundness of his research he is considered one of the founders of Spanish musicology. Nevertheless, despite the importance of this personality of Spanish music, very little is known about his biography and his activity as a critic, composer and diplomat. With a view of filling this gap, in the present article I will first review the historiography on Rafael Mitjana and then I will comment the documentary sources I have researched to reconstruct his biography. Finally, I will reconstruct Mitjana's biography following those sources.
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