Research Catalog

Title

[Villancicos : a collection of chiefly Zaragoza imprints]

Publication

[Zaragossa ; Huesca ; Barcelona, 1733-1760]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Salàs, Francisco.
• Serra, Luis, approximately 1680-1759.
• Lanuza, José.
• Ripollès, Juan Chrysostomo.

Description

1 v. (52 pieces) : ill.; 21 cm.

Alternative Title

• Villanc. varios
• Villancicos varios

Subjects

• Magi > Poetry
• James, the Greater, Saint > Poetry
• Epiphany > Poetry
• Profession (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) > Poetry
• Carols, Spanish
• Régis, Jean François, Saint, 1597-1640 > Poetry
• Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 > Poetry
• Huesca (Spain) > Religious life and customs
• Dominic del Val, Saint, 1243-1250 > Poetry
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Poetry
• Christmas poetry
• Spanish poetry > 18th century
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception > Poetry
• Woodcuts > Spain > 18th century
• Villancicos (Poetry)
• Zaragoza (Spain) > Religious life and customs

Genre/Form

Woodcuts – Spain – 18th century.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Consists of 52 pamphlets containing collections of villancicos (without music).
• Forty-eight are Zaragoza imprints, printed by Francisco Moreno (27 items, 1734-1760), Joseph Fort (10 items, 1738-1759), Juan Malo (3 items, 1733-1736), Francisco Revilla (3 items, 1737-1739), F.T. Revilla (1 item, 1754) and the Imprenta Real (4 items, ca. 1740-1745), consisting of collections of the words to songs to be sung at services commemorating the Immaculate Conception (15), Epiphany (4), the Seven Converts of St. James (3), S. Dominguito de Val (5), St. Thomas Aquinas (10), and the profession of vows of women entering a convent (11). Two Huesca imprints (J.D. de Larumbe) have title: Villancicos, que se han de cantar la noche de Navidad en la santa iglesia de Huesca, este año de 1741 [1745]; one Barcelona imprint (Jayme Surià, 1737) commemorates the canonization of St. Jean François Régis. One item lacks t.p.; place and date of printing unknown.
• Composers/choirmasters mentioned: Francisco Salàs (the 2 Huesca imprints); Luis Serra (7 items, 1734-1752); José Lanuza (5 items, 1741-1749); Juan Chrysostomo Ripollès (Barcelona imprint).
• Illustrations: Most items have woodcut ill. or woodcut vignette on t.p. and text within type flower borders. Several woodcut tailpieces and ornamental initials. For reproductions of 2 (Santo Dominguito de Val and Virgen del Pilar), cf.: Catalogo de villancicos y oratorios en la Biblioteca Nacional, ill. to nos. 562, 621.
• Table giving details of t.p. information for each item available in the Spencer Collection.
• Binding: Contemporary vellum, with 3 leather ties and remnants of a fourth. Title in ink on spine: Villanc. varios.

Indexed In (note)

• Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)
• Catálogo de villancicos y oratorios en la Biblioteca Nacional, siglos XVIII-XIX

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Span. 1733 96-527

OCLC

NYPG96-B2621

Title

[Villancicos : a collection of chiefly Zaragoza imprints]

Imprint

[Zaragossa ; Huesca ; Barcelona, 1733-1760]

Indexed In:

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.), 367805, 367806, 367807, 368070

Catálogo de villancicos y oratorios en la Biblioteca Nacional, siglos XVIII-XIX, 614, 615, 623

Added Author

Salàs, Francisco.

Serra, Luis, approximately 1680-1759.

Lanuza, José.

Ripollès, Juan Chrysostomo.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Span. 1733 96-527