1 00:00:00,940 --> 00:00:14,919 Hello, my name is Antonio de Teres Carrion. I was a Spanish composer and I am considered one of the main zarzuelas authors of the Spanish Baroque. I was born on June 18, 1673 in Arta, located in Mallorca, Spain. 2 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:32,600 I began my career as a choir boy in the Royal Chapel, studying the Cero with Manuel de Sobas Gel. In 1720, I was recognized as one of the best skilled instrumentalists in the Royal Chapel, as well as my skill as a composer. 3 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:39,579 The documentation of the Royal Chapel clarifies that I was a composer for it from 1690. 4 00:00:40,420 --> 00:00:47,939 In case you don't believe me, in 1696 I was in charge of the composition of the Janficos 5 00:00:47,939 --> 00:00:51,140 for the celebration of the Corpus and Lamentaciones para la Semana Santa. 6 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,979 In 1734, after a disaster fire in the Royal Palace that destroyed all musical composition, 7 00:00:57,979 --> 00:01:03,179 I was one of the composers that had to rebuild the collection and compose new music to replace 8 00:01:03,179 --> 00:01:04,519 what had been lost. 9 00:01:08,489 --> 00:01:11,109 Antonio de Litteres, José Negra and José de Torres 10 00:01:11,109 --> 00:01:14,069 were asked to rebuild and compose a new musical piece 11 00:01:14,069 --> 00:01:17,629 like the one that was destroyed in the fire of the Royal Palace of Madrid 12 00:01:17,629 --> 00:01:20,829 on the 24th of December of 1734. 13 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,819 Antonio de Litteres, José Negra and José de Torres, come here, please. 14 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:27,959 What is happening, sir? 15 00:01:28,079 --> 00:01:31,359 You know that the Royal Palace has been burned after a fire 16 00:01:31,359 --> 00:01:33,840 last Friday, the 24th of December, right? 17 00:01:34,659 --> 00:01:36,640 Of course, we lived and worked there. 18 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,620 Oh, that's true, whatever 19 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:41,980 You have to rebuild and compose a new musical piece 20 00:01:41,980 --> 00:01:43,900 Like the one you worked with the last time 21 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:45,700 Before it was burned the other day, ok? 22 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:48,140 Perfect, as the chapel director I am 23 00:01:48,140 --> 00:01:50,280 I will inform you as soon as we finish it 24 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,480 Ok, thank you very much, José de Torres 25 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,500 Now I have to go, good luck 26 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:55,500 Bye 27 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:56,420 Goodbye 28 00:01:56,420 --> 00:02:00,180 Oh my god, I have been working on that music piece for months 29 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:03,219 And now it has burned and I have to compose it again? 30 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:04,540 I can't believe it 31 00:02:04,540 --> 00:02:11,099 you mean we have to compose it again right oh yeah yeah as you say come on we should start 32 00:02:11,099 --> 00:02:14,460 as soon as possible if we want to finish it we have such long work to do 33 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:22,060 yes we want to start um tomorrow what of course not we are starting now um okay as you say 34 00:02:22,939 --> 00:02:29,180 i'm going to kill whoever has burned the royal palace another of my activities consisted of 35 00:02:29,180 --> 00:02:35,180 composing for various Carzuelas and other works such as Los Elementos, which nowadays is described 36 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:41,580 as an italian style harmonic opera whose score is preserved with the other forms of works. 37 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:47,900 In the early years of the 18th century, I published different works by the José Torres 38 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:54,219 Press, many of them cantatas or joined by members of the aristocracy. The elements, for example, 39 00:02:54,219 --> 00:03:00,539 are dedicated to the Duques de Medina de las Torres. I also composed music for zarfelas that 40 00:03:00,539 --> 00:03:07,500 were performed outside the court in different theatres of Madrid, benefiting from the new 41 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:12,379 bourbon policy that allowed the musicians of the Royal Chapel to carry out activities other than 42 00:03:12,379 --> 00:03:18,780 those of the court. Despite my success, my importance as a royal musician declined progressively 43 00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:23,560 with the arrival of the new Italian composers protected by the Queen. 44 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,099 I was married twice, the first time to Manuela Sánchez 45 00:03:27,099 --> 00:03:29,500 and the second time to Luisa de Montalvo. 46 00:03:30,180 --> 00:03:34,340 I had four children and several of them became musicians of the Royal Chapel, 47 00:03:35,099 --> 00:03:38,300 such as José Líteres Sánchez, cellist of the Royal Chapel, 48 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:43,979 the result of my first marriage to Manuela Sánchez de Aguilar. 49 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:47,439 From my second marriage to Luisa Benita Montalvo, 50 00:03:47,439 --> 00:03:51,439 Antenarii Teres Montalvo was born, who became organist of the royal chapel. 51 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:58,800 He made different types of compositions, zartuelas, operas, religious and secular music. 52 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:04,400 Ones of the music works are Celos no guardan respeto, which is a zarzuela with a book of 53 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:10,000 Antonio de Zamora, Los elementos, which is an opera, is an italian style harmonic opera, 54 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,259 A del rústico pastor, which is religious music, sang to the kings, 55 00:04:15,979 --> 00:04:21,399 and Estaba fili hermosa, which is secular music, and was one of the ten human cantatas. 56 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,899 Los elementos is one of the most important and relevant compositions of Antonio de Litteres, 57 00:04:27,079 --> 00:04:32,519 and it is the first foray of the chamber musical theatre into the magnificent world of the Hispanic musical Baroque. 58 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:37,819 This opera was composed in Madrid to celebrate the anniversary of the Duchess of Medina de la Torre. 59 00:04:37,819 --> 00:04:45,819 It transmits a message that, in a political key, could also be interpreted as the light of Felipe V of Bourbon, 60 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:54,819 which would bring against Archduke Carlos of Austria in the war of succession that was then being fought in Spain. 61 00:04:54,819 --> 00:05:00,819 It is an Italian-style harmonic opera in which the best tradition of Hispanic verse converges 62 00:05:00,819 --> 00:05:07,819 with Italian novelist in music materialized in the use of violins and the alternation of recitatives and arias. 63 00:05:07,819 --> 00:05:12,600 These features were understood as synonymous with modernity.