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| | GMCD 7243 O Crux - Spanish Choral Music |
 | | In 1836, after the death of the absolutist monarch and supporter of the French, King Fernando VII, minister Juan Álvarez de Mendizábal decreed the confiscation of ecclesiastical assets, the first of many actions that would gradually impoverish the patrimony of the Catholic Church. |
 | | This was so of the violinist Jesús de Monasterio (1836-1903), born in Cantabria, and others, better known today as the authors of famous zarzuelas, Tomás Bretón (1850-1923), from Salamanca, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894), from Madrid, and Amadeo Vives (1871-1932), from Barcelona. |
 | | Hilarión Eslava (1807-1878), a clergyman from Navarra, and the Catalan Felipe Pedrell (1841-1922), made every effort to update Spanish sacred music, freeing it from any dubious exotic touches and frivolousness, and their legacy is as educators and editors of the national music heritage. |
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