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Early Music Advance Access originally published online on August 24, 2006
Early Music 2006 34(4):645-660; doi:10.1093/em/cal039
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Early Music, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4 © The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

A new 17th-century Iberian source of instrumental music

Paulo Estudante

Paulo Estudante is a member of the Patrimoines Musicaux research team at Paris University IV–Sorbonne, where he is completing, as part of a joint programme with the University of Évora, a doctoral thesis on 16th- and 17th-century instrumentalists at Portuguese cathedrals. He holds a scholarship from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

The finding of a new musical source is always exciting. It helps to fill in gaps and bring up new questions to Music History. The recent rediscovery of a new Iberian source for instrumental music is no exception. From the rich musical tradition of the Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra, Portugal, this 17th-century manuscript contributes to the keyboard repertoire with new works by the composers Diego de Alvarado, D. Agostinho da Cruz, (possibly) Diego del Castillo and a newcomer, D. Jorge. But, apparently having had more than one musical function, this same manuscript was also used as a libro de ministriles and, by the latest hands, as a sketch book of new instrumental works. This article attempts to convey the importance of this new Portuguese source.

Key Words: Agostinho da Cruz • Diego de Alvarado • Diego del Castillo • keyboard music • ministriles • Santa Cruz de Coimbra


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