Juan de Navas

Spanish baroque composer and harpist

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.

References

^ 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."
^ 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"