FRANCISCO ASENJO BARBIERI, Spanish Composer (1822 -1894). Francisco Asenjo Barbieri free midi downloads.

FRANCISCO ASENJO BARBIERI
3^rdAugust 1823 --- 19^thFebruary 1894

Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1822 -1894) was one of the most prolific and successful composers of the spanish
zarzuelas, a zarzuela is spanish form of music base on Spanish folk tales and literature, drawing heavily
on Spanish folk music.

Barieri was a accomplished musician and musical historian who composed principally for the lyric theatre.
He wrote more than 70 Zarzuelas with spanish texts, of these Pan Y Toros (1864)is probably his best work
and had the distinction of being banned for political reasons.

As a historian, one of his greatest claims to fame was his edition of the Cancionaro De Palacio, published in
1890, which revealed that there was a rich Spanish school of secular polyphonic music in the 15th and 16th
centuries. Today his magnificent library, together with many of his own annotations,this is house in the
Biblioteca Nacional of Madrid
Copyright The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music 1997
Last Updated on 2016
By Steven Ritchie

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Thanks to Ramon Pajares Box for the music below.
(767)"El barberillo de Lavapies (1874), Zarzuela". Sequenced by Ramon Pajares Box
(771)"El barberillo de Lavapies (1874), Cancion de Paloma". Sequenced by Ramon Pajares Box

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