Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739): new contributions on his life and work

Abstract

SANTIAGO de Murcia is undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the field of Baroque guitar music, in the sense that his work is well known and appreciated by contemporary musicologists and guitarists. The significant studies and editions by Monica Hall, Neil Pennington, Craig Russell and Robert Stevenson,1 and the important number of recordings devoted exclusively to his music, by Rolf Lislevand, Paul O’Dette and others,2 prove this assertion. Nevertheless, till now he has been unknown as a subject of history, a sort of phantom, in a manner of speaking, since no information about his life was known aside from his own claim of being guitar teacher to Queen Marie Louise of Savoy (Philip V’s first wife) on the cover of his Resumen de acompañar la parte con la guitarra.3 Hence the adjectives such as ‘enigmatic’ or ‘intriguing’ frequently used with reference to his biography, which is summarized here in a brief survey.4

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