The identity role of Spanish women making music. From the Middle Age to the Romantic Period

Abstract

The purpose of this seminar is to discuss the role/image of Spanish women as creators and interpreters/performers of vocal and instrumental music and the significance of their work. When we refer to music, we are referring to both “cultivated” (serious) music and popular music, as no one can deny their role in improvisation and in the deep musical roots associated with their everyday chores. In order to describe these images we will point out some specific examples of the musical activity carried out by women in Prehistoric times, in Roman Spain and in both the Arabic and Jewish cultures that have prevailed/continue to survive in oral tradition.