A King sent from Heaven’: Politics, Religion and Music in Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession Seminar
- Time:
- 15:15
- Date:
- 13 November 2012
- Venue:
- Room 1083 Music, Building 2 Highfield Campus University of Southampton SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Dr Florian Scheding at F.Scheding@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series
This paper explores the use of sacred music for political events in Barcelona during the convulse period around the War of the Spanish Succession (1700-15). It will show how local and regional authorities used music to show support for the two contenders (Philip V of Bourbon and Charles "III" of Habsburg, future emperor Charles VI), while simultaneously defining their identities in contrast with each other.
Speaker information
Alvaro Torrente,Complutense University Madrid. Musicologist and specialist in history and science of music