Ars Musicae de Barcelona

Ars Musicae de Barcelona was a Catalan ensemble for the performance of medieval music active between 1935 and 1979.

1941, Ars Musicae, Biblioteca de Catalunya.

The directors were:

  • Josep María Lamaña (1935–1957); industrial engineer and amateur musician.[1]
  • Enric Gispert (1957–1972); a choral conductor.
  • Romà Escalas Llimona (1972–1979); director of the Museu de la Música de Barcelonafrom 1981 to 2011.

Victoria de Los Angeles had a long association with the group, and her earliest surviving recording (from 1942) is with Lamaña.[2] Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras both performed early in their careers with Ars Musicae of Barcelona while it was directed by Gispert.

Selected discography
for a more complete discography click the original Spanish Wikipedia article
  • Victoria de Los Angeles Songs of Spain with Barcelona Ars Musicae - Enrique Gispert, Rec.: 04/1967. HMV "Angel Series" SAN 194 [LP]
  • Le Moyen Age Catalan de l'art Romain a la Renaissance LP 1970, Harmonia Mundi, CD Musique d'abord HMA 190051 36'14
  • La música en la corte española de Carlos V, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Book and LP MEC-1004

References
  1. article in Catalan Wikipedia Josep Maria Lamaña i Coll
  2. Victoria De Los Angeles: The Early Recordings, 1942-1953 issued 1996, Testament 1087


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