Vicente Requeno y su aproximación a la musicología

Abstract

Vicente Requeno y Vives (Calatorao 1743 - Tívoli, 1811) was a great scholar whose work promoted the rediscovery of Greco Roman knowledge that was filtered through Christian Humanist culture. This Christian-Humanist tenet permeates all his work, including the study of musical fact. Requeno’s work does not attain Antonio Eximeno’ level (Valencia 26 of September of 1729 - Rome, 9 of June of 1808); nevertheless, despite the opinions of some scholars, the work of this great musicologist from the Escuela Universalista Española the merely incidental. In fact, Requeno’s musical work exemplifies a scientific analysis and fulfils the humanistic postulates generated by the exiled Spanish Jesuits following their expulsion in 1767 transcends under the reign of Carlos III.