Juan de Navas explained

Juan de Navas (ca. 1650 - 1719) was a Spanish baroque composer and harpist.^[1] As court harpist to Charles II of Spain he was sought as approver of Torres y Martínez Bravo's treatise on thoroughbass.

Works, editions and recordings

• villancicos - Angelicas escuadras and others.^[2]
• tonos humanos in the Guerra Manuscript and other sources.

Recordings:

• Ay, divino amor - on Cantadas de pasión Maria Luz Álvarez, Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer. Arcana 2005.

Notes and References

1. Louise K. Stein Songs of mortals, dialogues of the gods 1993 p306 "The harpist Juan de Navas (c.1650-1719) was considerably younger than Hidalgo, and his career did not flourish until after Hidalgo's death, so he belongs to the generation of court composers who were followers of Hidalgo."
2. Tess Knighton, Álvaro Torrente Devotional music in the Iberian world, 1450-1800: the villancico 2007 p.xv figure: Refrain of the villancico Angelicas escuadras by Juan de Navas, bars 1-4 (EV, 51/26) 193 7.2 "Rhythmic relationship between music and text in the previous passage of the refrain of the villancico Angelicas escuadras by Juan de Navas"