Tonadilha ( isp. Tonadilla - song ) - a genre of Spanish musical comedy of the XVIII — XIX centuries.
History
Tonadilla originates from satirical songs. Gradually they turned into small musical scenes, performed during intermissions of dramatic performances. According to one of the versions, for the first time, tonadils as independent satirical works on the topic of the day, and in fact miniature operas lasting 10–20 minutes, began writing in 1757 by Louis Misson ( isp. Luis Misson ) [1] .
Tonadilla reached its greatest popularity at the end of the 18th and the very beginning of the 19th century. It spread to Cuba and other Spanish-speaking countries. Later, the tonadilla was ousted by the Zarsuela [2] , but did not completely disappear from musical practice. Some composers turned to tonadillia later. For example, the song of Manuel Garcia from the tonadilla “The Imaginary Servant” (1804) almost in 70 years used J. Bizet in the opera “Carmen” (1873–1874) [2] . E. Granados in 1914 wrote a cycle of plays for voice and piano called “Tonadillas in the old style” ( Spanish Tonadillas en estilo antiguo ) [3] .
Notes
- NAT The NATS bulletin of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (United States) - 1971 first tonadilla. "
- ↑ 1 2 Tonadilla Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Ri Enrique Granados Tonadillas en estilo antiguo