Asamblea General de la Sociedad de la Vihuela

           Salamanca 2005

The big meeting was during the weekend of 3 and 4 December 2005

The year meeting of the Sociedad de la Vihuela was successfully organized
in this wonderful city of Salamanca.

The Sociedad has already 150 members and the number is growing daily.
The name is "de la Vihuela" but it's a Sociedad for all the historical plucked 
instruments like lutes, theorbes, mandolins, guitars etc.

 

  

 

  
 

 

 


   
  Plaza Mayor - Salamanca - By Alberto de Churriguera, who started the work in 1729,
finished by Andrés García de Quiñonesaunque in 1755.

 

    
                
  The old University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca´s origin goes back of its General Estudio (General Study) in 1218 by king Alfonso IX.
The construction of the building began in 1415 by order of Pope Luna (Benedicto XIII) and completed in 1435 by Rodríguez Carpintero.		    
   

 

Our meeting place:

    
       
  Colegio Fonseca- Founded by archbischop of  Toledo Don Alonso de Fonseca. The construction started  in 1519.   Hospedería del Colegio Fonseca, a wonderful cultural center    
   

Agenda:

    
 
PRIMER ENCUENTRO DE LA SOCIEDAD
DE LA VIHUELA
Salamanca
3 y 4 de diciembre de 2005
Sábado 3 de diciembre
10:30 Apertura del Encuentro
11:00 Charla: Jesús Jiménez Pelayo (Centro de Documentación
Musical de Andalucía). La música antigua y el CDMA
12:00 Charla: Francisco Roa. Miguel de Fuenllana, entre impresos y
manuscritos
13:00 Concierto de alumnos del Conservatorio Profesional de
Música de Salamanca (clase de Jesús Alonso)
17:00 Presentación del segundo número de Hispanica Lyra, por
Juan Carlos Ayala
17:30 Asamblea General de la Sociedad de la Vihuela
20:30 Concierto: Robert Barto (laúd barroco de 13 órdenes). Obras
de G. J. Logy, E. Reusner y S. L. Weiss
Domingo 4 de diciembre
12:00 Charla: Jose Luis Romanillos. Presentación de su diccionario
de violeros The vihuela de mano and the Spanish Guitar
13:30 Concierto: Ariel Abramovich (vihuela de mano de 6 órdenes):
El otro encuentro. Obras de F. da Milano y L. de Narváez
17:00 Charla: Carlos Gonzalez: Iconografía de vihuelas, laúdes y
guitarras en la Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba
19:00 Concierto: Juan Carlos de Mulder, Ramiro Morales, Josías
Rodríguez y Fernando Serrano (vihuelas de mano): Obras de
Valderrábano, Capirola, F. da Milano, A. de Cabezón, D. Ortiz
20:00 Clausura del Encuentro
Sábado y domingo: muestra de violeros (11–14 h. y 17–20 h.)
Hospedería del Colegio Fonseca
C/ Fonseca, 2. 37002 Salamanca		    
       
       
    
During the opening Carlos Gonzalez explained that the expectations for this year were completed successfully.

 

  
   
  Opening:  Cristina Bordas - Carlos González - José Antonio Benito    
       
  Conferences:

There were interesting conferences.

One by Jesús Jiménez Pelayo (Centro de Documentación
Musical de Andalucía). La música antigua y el CDMA.
Jesús described us the work and the collections of the CDMA.
An important institution for every person interested in historical, musical and musicological research.

Another one by Francisco Roa. Miguel de Fuenllana, entre impresos y
manuscritos. Very well presented by Francisco the way editors and composers worked together to edit the
beautiful books we still now can hold in our hands to play this incredible music.

Presentation of the second number of the Hispanica Lyra by Juan Carlos Ayala.
The second number is as well presented as the first one.
Beatiuful layout by José Antonio Benito and with a variety of articles; all of them in Spanish of course.


Carlos Gonzalez: Iconografía de vihuelas, laúdes y
guitarras en la Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba.
Carlos, musical instruments maker and well known thanks his iconographic research, has found in
Córdoba very well preserved representations of
different instruments like vihuelas, lutes, etc., which haven't been studied until now by anybody.
He asked everybody to look for iconographic information in churches and buildings
in there own region to complete as good as possible the history of musical instruments.

 

    
        
  Exposition by instrument makers:

Francisco Herváz from Granada, Alexander Hopkins from Mallorca,
Carlos Gonzales from Córdoba and me Sebastián Núñez from Utrecht

    
   

 

    
          
  Concerts by early music students of Jesús Alonso Yllana - Conservatory of Salamanca    
   

 

    
       
     
  Carlos González - luthier and president of the Sociedad Robert Barto - The evening concert - Exceptional lute player    
       
        
  Ariel Anbramóvich - Wonderful and sensitive performance     Ariel's 6 course "Viola da mano"    
       
            
        Conference by Marian Winspear and José Luis Romanillos. Presentation of there book
           "Diccionario de violeros - The vihuela de mano and the Spanish Guitar"		    
   

Eating point: Restaurant at the Colegio Fonseca

    
         
  There is a restaurant at the patio of the Colegio Fonseca Juan Carlos Ayala - Francisco Hervás - Robert Barto and friends    
         
            
Me, Ariel Abramovich and Robert Barto
   
  Eating at Fonseca's restaurant      
     
         
       
     
  The night:  Pub somewhere in Salamanca Cristina Bordas and Co    
   

 

    
     
  The last concert: Juan Carlos de Mulder, Ramiro Morales, Josías Rodríguez y Fernando Serrano (vihuelas de mano)    
   

 

 

    
               
  New Cathedral, Puerta de Ramos and the astronaut of Salamanca    
           

The meeting ended on Sunday evening and I went back to Utrecht with a very good feeling.
The Sociedad de la Vihuela has a strong starting impulse with very capable and professional members.
They have good financial support to edit a wonderful magazine with very interesting articles.
Next year I'll be for sure in Spain to meet again this nice and friendly people.
I would say:

Larga vida a la Sociedad de la Vihuela !!!!