
Spanish Music of the Golden Age (1600-1700) 1.- Zarabanda (anonymous) 2.- Marizapalos (Francisco Guerau) 3.- Tarantela (anonymous) Performers: The Extempore String Ensemble -William Thorp: violin, guitar -Rosemary Thorndycraft: bass viol, harp -Sally Owen: spinet, tenor viol, tambourine -Robin Jeffrey: guitar, theorbo -George Weigand (director): bandurrias, lutes, vandola, harp Among the most common dances for the theatre were: the zarabanda, marizapalos, tarentela, hachas, folias, villano, matachin and chacona. Both the zarabanda and chacona were reputed to have been originally Indian dances brought back to Spain from the New World. Fray Diego Duran, a priest from Seville living in Mexico, wrote in 1579 about a lascivious Indian dance, the cuecueheuycatl which he thought very similar to "that zarabanda danced by our naturales" (creoles of Spanish descent born in Mexico). Cervantes, who used zarabandas and other dances in his plays, suggests, however, that it was invented in Hell. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries it was a light, quick dance which was banned by edict several times for being indecent. Despite this prohibition, reinforceb by the threat of whipping or a term in the galleys, the dance remained popular and was joined by others even more scandalous. Not all churchmen, however, were opposed to popular dances; as the zarabanda and others were danced at the Feast of Corpus Christi in Seville and even in cathedrals by clergy in the normal <b>...</b>
Spanish baroque music
Spanish Golden Age
Francisco Guerau