Juan Francisco Gómez de Navas (1647-1719): nuevos documentos sobre su vida y obra

• Main Author: Celia Martín Ganado
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2014-01-01
• Series: Cuadernos de Música Iberoamericana
• Subjects: Juan de Navas; tonos humanos; tonos a lo divino; música escénica cortesana de final del siglo XVII; fiestas mitológicas; música en la corte de Carlos II.
• Online Access: http://147.96.1.34/index.php/CMIB/article/view/58867

The objective of this article is to bring the figure of the composer Juan Francisco Gómez de Navas up to date, compiling, arranging and contrasting all the information that has been published thus far about the composer’s life and incorporating new information discovered at the Archivo General de Palacio (Expedientes Personales section) and the Archivo Histórico Nacional. On the other hand, his output is revised by establishing a detailed inventory, including information about extant music sources and their concordances with literary sources.