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Correa, teórico de la Seconda Prattica.pdf

2005, Revista de Musicología

Abstract

Revista de Musicología, XXVIII, 2 (2005), pp. 891-917. The article deals with the use of dissonance out of Zarlino’s rules (“licenses, dissonances and braveries”) in Correa de Arauxo’s music (1583-1654), and the relationship with moral casuistry, suggested by the composer himself. The article verifies that these dissonancies occur in previous and subsequent music too, but their focusing, attitude, justification and meaning are dissimilar. The most outstanding outcame is that in his Facultad Orgánica (Alcalá de Henares, 1626) Correa declare his intention to extend the language of composition, he uses these licenses consciously, and he justify them in a casuistical way, connecting them with moral cases, a counterreformation phenomenon developed at this time by Jesuit moral theologians. The article claims Correa as a fundamental figure in the history of musical composition, since beside Monteverdi he expresses clearly his will power to avoid Zarlino’s canon and take a step towards a new way to compose: it’s the birth of Baroque. Key words: Correa de Arauxo, dissonances, baroque, figures, casuistry.