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8-2018 Secular Song of the Spanish Renaissance: Portrayals of Moors and Christians During the Reign of Isabel and Fernando, the Reconquest, and the First Morisco Rebellion Katharyn Reishus Benessa
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Recommended Citation Benessa, Katharyn Reishus, "Secular Song of the Spanish Renaissance: Portrayals of Moors and Christians During the Reign of Isabel and Fernando, the Reconquest, and the First Morisco Rebellion" (2018). Dissertations. 478. https://digscholarship.unco.edu/dissertations/478
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
Greeley, Colorado
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SECULAR SONG OF THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE: PORTRAYALS OF MOORS AND CHRISTIANS DURING THE REIGN OF ISABEL AND FERNANDO, THE RECONQUEST, AND THE FIRST MORISCO REBELLION! !
A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor !of Arts !
Katharyn Reishus Benessa ! !
College of Performing and Visual Arts School of Music Music History !and Literature
August 2018 This Dissertation by: Katharyn Reishus Benessa
Entitled: Secular Song of the Spanish Renaissance: Portrayals of Moors and Christians during the reign of Isabel and Fernando, the Reconquest, and the First Morisco Rebellion! . ! has been approved as meeting the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Arts in the College! of Music. ! !Accepted by the Doctoral Committee ! ______!Deborah Kauffman, D.M.A., Research Advisor ______!Jonathan Bellman, D.M.A., Committee Member ______!Carissa Reddick, Ph.D., Committee Member ______!Michael Welsh, Ph.D., Faculty Representative ! ! ! !Date of Dissertation Defense ______! ! !Accepted by the Graduate School ______Linda L. Black, Ed.D. Associate Provost and Dean Graduate School and International Admissions ! ! !
ABSTRACT !
Benessa, Katharyn Reishus. Secular Song of the Spanish Renaissance: Portrayals of Moors and Christians during the reign of Isabel and Fernando, the Reconquest, and the First Morisco Rebellion. Published Doctor of Arts dissertation, University !of Northern Colorado, 2018.
Spanish secular songs from the 1460s to 1550s, represented by the forms of romances, villancicos, and cancíones, are found in cancióneros, or songbooks, and published collections for vihuela and solo voice. Organized according to narrative categories and chronology, the songs reflect events before, during, and after the reconquista and portray Moors and Christians from the reign of Isabel and Fernando to beyond the First Morisco Rebellion. Many songs in the cancióneros are anonymous or by little known composers, although seven pieces by Juan del Encina are included. Works in the vihuela publications are represented by the composers, Luis Milán, Alonso de
Mudarra, Enrique Valderrábano, Miguel de Fuenllana, and Diego Pisador.
Addressing fort-five songs, a larger selection than is typically discussed in scholastic research, the works are divided into narrative categories: The Isabel Songs,
The Carillo Songs, The Reconquista Songs (with subcategories of Conflict in Central
Spain, Conflict in Andalusia portrayed in the cancióneros, Conflict in Andalusia