compositores; Rabassa

Music : Pere Rabassa (1683-1767), Lamentación II de Feria V (circa 1715-1725)
Picture : José de Ribera (1591-1652), La Piedad, detail (1633)

BIOGRAFIA

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

3 cants.:
Herido de sus flechas, S, acc., c1710, GB-CDp;
Herido de sus flechas, S, acc., US-SFs;
Monstruo voraz, c1708, P-Ln

Other:
Amor a cuyas aras rendido, song, 2vv, acc., E-SEG
Elissa gran reina, tono, S, acc., 1710, Bc, ed. in Carreras y Bulbena and Bonastre

Vocal religiosa:

44 masses, 4–12vv, insts, E-CZ(13), Olivares, Colegiata (3), RO(2, incl. Requiem), SA(2), Sc(9), SEG(1), VAc(9), VAcp(5)
83 pss, 1–12vv, mostly with insts, CZ(26), MA(2, dated 1713 and 1727), Olivares, Colegiata (15), SA(7), Sc(3), SEG(2), VAc(18), VAcp(10)
75 motets, 1–12vv, mostly with insts, E-Bc(2, 1 acc. org), CZ(23), Jeréz de la Frontera, Colegiata (1), MA(1), Sc(16), SEG(1), VAc(23), VAcp(6), Puebla Cathedral, Mexico (2); 1 for 12vv ed. in Lira sacro-hispana, ser.1, i (Madrid, 1869)
9 Mag settings: 5 for 1–4vv, insts, Olivares, Colegiata, 3 for 10–12vv, insts, VAc, 1 for 12vv, insts, VAcp
8 Lamentations: 6 for 1–4vv, insts, Olivares, Colegiata, 1 for 2vv, insts, SEG, 1 in VAc
6 res, 8vv, insts, CZ
6 Miserere settings, 4–8vv, insts, Sc
3 Salve regina, 6–8vv, insts, CZ, Puebla Cathedral, Mexico
3 hymns: 2 for 6vv, insts, E-Sc, 1 for 2vv, insts, CZ
2 seqs, VAc
Lit, 6vv, insts, CZ
Stabat Mater, 4/8vv, insts, CZ
6 miscellaneous pieces, Sc

110 villancicos, 1–12vv, insts, Canet de Mar, Parish Church (1), Olivares, Colegiata (64), RO(1, dated 1719), SA(1), SEG(2), TE(3), VAc(34), GCA-Gc(2, 1 dated 1766), Durango Cathedral, Mexico (1, dated 1731), Puebla Cathedral, Mexico (1); 1 partially ed. in Ripollés
7 cants., 1–2vv, insts, E-PAL, TE, V, GCA-Gc, Jesús Sánchez Garza’s private collection, Mexico City
2 songs: 1 for S, acc., E-Bc, 1 for 4vv, vns, other inst acc., GCA-Gc
La gloria de los santos, orat, 5vv, acc., Oratorio de S Felipe Neri, Palma de Mallorca
Deslumbrada navecilla, tono, S, acc., 1714, TE
Miscellaneous piece, E-Vp
3 orats sung at S Felipe Neri, Valencia: La caida del hombre y su reparación, 1718, Oratorio sacro a San Juan Bautista, 1720, Diferencia en la buena y mala muerte, 1721, music lost

Instrumental:

Sonata, kbd, E-BcU

Literatura:

Guía para los principiantes que dessean perfeycionarse en la compossicion de la musica (MS, c1720, E-Vacp; facs. (Barcelona, 1990)
Reglas generales para la graduación de las voces (MS, late 18th-century copy, Bc)
Rudimentos para la composición (MS, AS)