Musicology applied to classical concert in Spain (XVIII-XXI centuries). Historical, productive, interpretative and ideological aspects (2015-2017).

Reference no.: I + D project HAR2014-53143-P. Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and headquartered at the University of La Rioja.

• This project focuses on the classical concert in Spain since its early stages (late eighteenth century) to the present. Despite the change of historiographical approach that musicology experienced by the late twentieth century (which meant a broader view that considered music in its social and cultural dimensions), discourse focused on the composer (his career, his social relations and the influence of his music) continued to be prevalent. Against this background, performance studies have recently highlighted the glaring absenceof the interpretative aspects of the work in music history. From this point of view the work is conceived not as an immutable text but as a sketch that the performer and the listener complete through, respectively, the interpretation and reception processes. In this context, the concert becomes a central event where music history takes place, as it is only there that the musical work becomes truly realized.
  Moreover, the concert has implications in areas such as leisure, socialization, political and economic strategies or tourism. This project aims to overcome the scarce critical attention that the concert has received from the international musicology, approaching it from its historical, productive, performative and ideological dimensions. It means putting(applied)musicology  at theservice of one of the most prominent cultural and economical resources in the European Society.

Chamber music in 18th-century Spain: genres, performance and recuperation (2012-2014)

Reference no.: I+D HAR2011-22712. Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and based in the University of La Rioja.

• Departing from the recent interest of musicology in private contexts as essential spaces in the history of music, this project aims to shed some light on these spaces and the musical genres associated to them. The subject of this project is chamber music both as social and musical practice. Performance issues related to this repertoires will also be considered [Read more].

Audience, city, style: Musical life in Madrid in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1759- 1808 (2009-2011)

Reference no.: I+D HAR2008-00636. Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and based in the University of La Rioja.

• This project focuses on aspects that have been traditionally left apart in studies about 18th-century Madrid and that may allow for its comparison with other European cities: audience profiles, instrumental genres (symphony, sonata, quartet), commercial networks, music-making spaces and the reception of classic music, symbolised by J. Haydn’ s output. [Read more].

Cooperation action: International Seminar Instrumental music in Spain (1750-1800): Market, genres and composition (2009)

Reference no.: HAR2009-06583-E/HIST, “Acción complementaria” type A. Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and based in the University of La Rioja. [See more on the scientific meetings section].

Cooperation action: International conference Francisco J. García Fajer and his musical output (2007)

Reference no.: HUM2006-28004-E/ARTE. Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, and based in the University of La Rioja. [See more on the scientific meetings section].

The reception of musical classicism and its configuration in Spain through the works by Francisco J. García Fajer, Luigi Boccherini and Mateo Pérez de Albéniz (2006-2007)

New grants for research groups awarded by the Government of La Rioja.

• Departing from the works by Francisco J. García Fajer (1730-1809), Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) and Mateo Pérez de Albéniz (1765-1831), this project studies the reception of the classical style in Spain and the adaptation of central-European models to the Spanish tradition. [Read more].

Other projects related to the research group

R & D project MadMusic (ICCMU). Available the website of this project, in which eight members of MECRI participate: MadMusic. Spaces, genres, and public of music in Madrid, ss. XVII-XX.
Madrid, S2015 / HUM-3483
2016-2018
Website: http://iccmu.es/investigacion/proyecto-madmusic-3

Post-doctoral scholarship awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Juan de la Cierva Sub-programme) (2011-2014).
Researcher: José María Domínguez; supervisor: Miguel Ángel Marín. Institution: University of La Rioja.

• The objective of this project is to study the consumption of music in private spaces – more specificaly in private academies held by noblemen–, as well as the musical relations between Italy and Spain during the 18th century.

Pre-doctoral scholarship awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FPU Programme): “The repertoires for violin in Madrid (1700-1770): sources, style and contexts” (2009-2013).
Researcher: Ana Lombardía; supervisor: Miguel Ángel Marín. Institution: University of La Rioja.