MARCMUS

Descripción

MARCMUS is a project that focuses on the virtually unexplored music manuscripts from the collection of the 15th Count of Redondo, now housed at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (BNP, National Library of Portugal). A distinguished member of one of the oldest noble families in Portugal, José Luís Gonzaga de Souza Coutinho Castelo-Branco e Menezes (1797-1863) was the most notable music Maecenas in 19th-century Portugal; he was also a composer and a practising musician, especially proficient in the art of singing. In the Count of Redondo’s homes (the Palaces of Santa Marta, in Lisbon, and the Estate of Bom Jardim, in Belas), the more intimate domestic chamber music and the sumptuous religious feasts, where music was paramount, were common occurrences. The contents of this unique music collection seem to reflect the continuous music practice and the unwavering support of musicians and composers, as it is highly representative of Portuguese music from the mid-18th century until the very end of the 19th century. Despite being a recognised powerful and unique research tool, musicological source criticism, particularly paper and handwriting studies, is a much-neglected…

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