J. B. Sancho (Catalan Edition)

Juan Bautista Sancho (Arta, Mallorca, Spain, 1772 or 1776 Mission San Antonio, California, 1830) brought to California some of the first samples of XVIII century European music, including sacred plainchant, sacred polyphony, as well as opera excerpts and instrumental arrangements with basso continuo. In 1803, he arrived in Mexico from his native Mallorca and, in 1804, he settled in Mission San Antonio, where he remained until his death in 1830. He co-wrote a curious Interrogatorio, reporting on the conditions of the natives, their social customs, their local flora, and even their music. He also compiled vocabularies of several of their languages. As a composer, his Misa en Sol and Misa de los Angeles are among his best works. In addition to the essays (en English, Spanish, and Catalan) and the useful transcriptions, and a complete Thematic Catalog, this study includes a CD with an assortment of recordings such as the Misa de los Angeles, by Zephyr and the Gloria from the Misa en Sol, performed by Musica Angelica. The volume also contains an early 1959 American recording of the Misa de los Angeles by the Coro Hispanico de Mallorca (also known as Capella Classica), conducted by Joan Maria Thomas.