REFERENCES

A Select Bibliography of Performing Editions

Inter-American Music Review. Edited by the astounding Robert M. Stevenson, not only does this journal contain useful articles about this repertoire, but almost every volume contains several complete musical pieces. Most useful are the two volumes dedicated solely to musical pieces: vol. 6, no. 2 (Spring-Summer, 1985) and vol. 7, no. 1 (Fall, Winter, 1985).

CENIDIM. This abbreviation stands for the Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información Musical «Carlos Chávez», the musicological research institute in Mexico City. Their editions are very high quality and amazingly affordable. Aurelio Tello has released several volumes of works devoted to Manuel de Sumaya (esp. Tello’s ed. of Sumaya’s Villancicos y Cantadas), and soon the villancicos of Gaspar Fernandes (17th century, very spunky). See Tello’s Tres Obras de la Catedral de Oaxaca. Also highly recommended are Juan Manuel Lara Cárdenas’s editions of Francisco López Capillas (17th century); his music reminds one of Victoria or Lassus. Simply write for a catalogue or go to their web site. They can be reached at: CENIDIM / Apartado Postal 61-031 / 04220 México, D.F. Their telephone numbers are: (011-52-55) 420-4415 or 689-4757. E-mail: <cenidim@correo.cnart.mx>.

Russell Editions. Primarily 18th-century. Ignacio de Jerusalem, Manuel de Sumaya, Antonio de Salazar, etc. Most of the music on three Chanticleer CDs Mexican Baroque; Jerusalem’s «Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe»; and Juan de Lienas’s “Credidi” on Our American Journey. Also repertoire for women’s voices from the Conservatorio de las Rosas. Several works newly reconstructed from the California Missions. Russell Editions / 541 Lilac Drive / Los Osos, CA 93402. Tel. (805) 528-8734. www.russelleditions.com missionmusicman@mac.com OR russell@russelleditions.com OR astrid_@mac.com

Mapa Mundi Publishers, Series F, “Mexican Choral Music” [in Great Britain]. Most edited by Bruno Turner, Martyn Imrie, & Ivan Moody. Several important works by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla & Hernando Franco.

Barwick, Steven. 1965. The Franco Codex of the Cathedral of Mexico. (16th-century.) Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

Barwick, Steven. 1982. Two Mexico City Choirbooks of 1717: An Anthology of Sacred Polyphony from the Cathedral of Mexico. Contains magnificent a cappella works. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press.

Da Silva, Owen. 1941. Mission Music of California: A Collection of Old California Mission Hymns & Masses. Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis.

Estrada, Julio, ed. 1984-87. La música en México. Mexico City: UNAM.
This multivolume set begins with prehispanic culture and continues to the 20th century. Each epoch has a volume devoted to the study of the era and a companion volume with actual musical pieces. Of most use is the volume “2. Periodo Virreinal (1530 a 1810.”

Stevenson, Robert M. 1974. Christmas Music from Baroque Mexico. Berkeley & Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press. (Great)

Stevenson, Robert M. 1975. Latin American Colonial Music Anthology. Washington, D.C.: General Secretariat, Organization of American States.

Discography

Mexican Baroque: Music From New Spain. Chanticleer & Chanticleer Sinfonia. Dir. by Joe Jennings. Compact Disk, Teldec 4509-93333-2. Hamburg: Teldec, 1994. Stupendous recordings of Sumaya and Jerusalem, including the Polychoral Mass in D probably composed by Jerusalem and found in the San Fernando Mission in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. All music prepared by Russell Editions (with the exception of Tello’s edition of “Celebren publiquen”).

Ignacio de Jerusalem, “Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe.” Chanticleer & Chanticleer Sinfonia. Dir. by Joe Jennings. Compact Disk, Teldec 3984-21829-2. Hamburg: Teldec, 1998. All music prepared by Russell Eds.

Sol y sombra: Baroque Music of Latin America. Chatham Baroque Ensemble. Dorian CD DOR-90263. Many good works, and a fabulous recording of Sumaya’s Alegres luces del día. Music found in Tello’s Villancicos y Cantadas: Manuel de Sumaya.

Le Chemin du Baroque, K.617. Paris: Association Française d’Action Artistique (AFAA sur Mésure). Very strong series & sometimes excellent. Some notable recordings include: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: le Phénix du Mexique (CD number K617122); and Le siècle d’or à la cathédrale de Mexico (CD number K617075), the latter containing gorgeous Sumaya.

Nueva España: Close Encounters in the New World. Joel Cohen & the Boston Camerata. Erato 2292-45977-2. Scores for most of these pieces are found in Stevenson’s publications.

A Choir of Angels II: Mission Music. Zephyr. Topanga, CA: Civic Records, 1997. (Civic Records, Box 1502, Topanga, CA 90290). Compact Disk, cvc1-0005-2. This compact disk contains excellent recordings of California Mission music, including Juan Sancho’s Missa de Los Angeles.

Native Angels: Musical Miracles from the New World. SAVAE Vocal Ensemble. San Antonio, TX: Iago, 1996. (Iago, P.O.Box 781211, San Antonio, TX 78278). This includes rambunctious villancicos in African-American and Native-American dialects. Many selections found in Stevenson’s editions in Inter-American Music Review.

Juan de Lienas “Credidi” (ca. 1650) on Our American Journey. Chanticleer, dir. by Joseph Jennings. Hamburg: Teldec, 2002. CD no. 0927-48556-2 LC6019. This score is found on pp. 15-30 (ed. by Craig H. Russell) in Chanticleer: The Silver Jubilee Anthology of Choral Music. Ed. by Matthew D. Oltman & Joseph H. Jennings. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 2002.

México Barroco. The first one in the series is particularly good & contains a recording of Jerusalem’s Polychoral Mass in G that is found not only in Mexico but also in the Santa Barbara Mission. México Barroco. Vol. 1 “Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella & Francisco Delgado.” Schola Cantorum & Conjunto de Cámara de la Ciudad de México, dir. by Benjamín Juárez Echenique. Mexico City: Urtext Digital Classics, 1994. Urtext, UMA 2001. Many other volumes available.

El Siglo de Oro en el Nuevo Mundo: Villancicos y Oraciones del s.XVII en Latinoamérica. Ensemble Elyma, dir. by Gabriel Garrido. Pisa, Italy: Symphonia, 1992. CD no. SY 91S05.

Missa Mexicana. Andrew Lawrence King & the Harp Consort. Los Angeles: Harmonia Mundi USA, 2002. HMU 907293. The recording concentrates primarily on 17th century composers, esp. Gutiérrez Padilla.

La Música en la Catedral de Oaxaca, México. Aurelio Tello & the Capilla Virreinal de la Nueva España. Vol. 1 dedicated to Gaspar Fernandes; Vol. 2 dedicated to Manuel de Sumaya. Contact: Aurelio Tello. atello@prodigy.net.mx.

Celebremos el Niño: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque. Rose Ensemble, dir. Jordan Sramek. www.RoseRnsmble.org.