Franciscan Authors
Franciscan Authors

Pablo Nassarre/Nasarre (1664-1724)

Pablo Nassarre/Nasarre (1664-1724) OFM. Spanish lay friar, musician, music theorist and composer. Born as a blind baby in Saragossa. Moved to Daroca, where he was taught by the composer Pablo Bruna, who was blind himself. Pablo joined the Franciscans at San Francisco el Real in Saragossa, where he worked as an organist. Recognizing his musical and compositorial prowess, his order superiors allowed him to start a school of harmony and counterpoint, where José de Torres and Joaquín Martínez de la Roca were among his students. He published several compositions and work on musical theory. He died in the Saragossa friary in 1724.

Works

  • Fragmentos músicos (Saragossa: Tomas Gaspar Martinez, 1683). A second edition of this work was issued in 1700: Fragmantos músicos, repartidos en quatro tratados, en se hallan reglas generales, y muy necessarias para canto llano (...) (Madrid Imprenta de música, 1700). This second edition included his Tratado de Contrapunto , which Pablo later published in a revised form with additions as the Segunda parte de la Escuela Música según la práctica moderna . A complete overhaul of both works appeared a year later as the Escuela musica, segun la practica moderna, dividida en primera, y segunda parte (...) . For an English translation of the Fragmentos músicos , see: Pablo Nassarre's Fragmentos Musicos: Translation and Commentary , trans. Donald Williams Forrester (Ph.D. Thesis University of Georgia, 1969/University Microfilms, 1978/UMI Dissertation Services, 2001).

    Not processed
    Not verified

  • Segunda parte de la Escuela Música según la práctica moderna (Saragossa: Herederos de Manuel Román, Impressor de la Universidad, 1723). This work is available via Google Books.

    Not processed
    Not verified

  • Escuela musica, segun la practica moderna, dividida en primera, y segunda parte (...) (Saragossa: Herederos de Diego de Larumbe, 1724). This edition is accessible via Google Books. Apparently, a facsimile of the Escuele musica volumes was issued in Sarragossa in 1980 by Portico librerias.

    Not processed
    Not verified

  • Arde en incendio de amor (1685). A carol to enhance the liturgy.

    Not processed
    Not verified

  • ? Three toccatas for organ and other organ pieces.

    Not processed
    Not verified

Literature