Enrique Máximo García
Encyclopedia
Enrique Máximo García was a Spanish musicologist and associated teacher at the Art History Department of Murcia University. He was also co-Director of the well known Repsol LAH Program for the Recovery of Latin American Musical Heritage, sponsored by UNESCO
. In 1994, he helped to organize the "Concert for the Senses" (Spanish
: Concierto de los Sentidos). Hundreds of people walking counter-clockwise around the cathedral of Murcia for 45 minutes, were accompanied by 1,000 musicians and the sound of more than 200 bells from all town's churches.
, served as a high school mathematics
teacher, and was an expert in the field of bells
and early organs. He was a pillar of the http://www.fcamberes.org/paginas/en/en_stc_pre.htmCarlos de Amberes Foundation, the prestigious "Real Diputación de San Andrés de los Flamencos", under Royal Patronage, which seeks to recover the cultural legacy of the former Seventeen Spanish Provinces of Flanders and the Low Countries until 1700.
), among the few keyboards extant in Spain dating from the Age of Enlightenment
.
UNESCO
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. In 1994, he helped to organize the "Concert for the Senses" (Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Concierto de los Sentidos). Hundreds of people walking counter-clockwise around the cathedral of Murcia for 45 minutes, were accompanied by 1,000 musicians and the sound of more than 200 bells from all town's churches.
Biography
Máximo graduated in chemistryChemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, served as a high school mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
teacher, and was an expert in the field of bells
Bell (instrument)
A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped object, which resonates upon being struck...
and early organs. He was a pillar of the http://www.fcamberes.org/paginas/en/en_stc_pre.htmCarlos de Amberes Foundation, the prestigious "Real Diputación de San Andrés de los Flamencos", under Royal Patronage, which seeks to recover the cultural legacy of the former Seventeen Spanish Provinces of Flanders and the Low Countries until 1700.
Research
Máximo recovered, together with Prof.Manuel Pérez Sánchez, both under the guidance of Dr. Alejandro Massó, the musical legacy of the Court composer Juan Oliver Astorga (Yecla 1773 - Madrid 1830). He also researched on the 18th Century keyboard instruments maker, Tadeo Tornel. His work led to the discovery of two important Tornel fortepianos, (an ancient keyboard instrumentKeyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
), among the few keyboards extant in Spain dating from the Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge. It promoted intellectual interchange and opposed intolerance and abuses in church and state...
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Work
- El órgano Merklin Schütze de la catedral de Murcia, Enrique Máximo García, Cajamurcia, Murcia, ISBN 84-88627-06-8, 1994.
- Tadeo Tornel, «ymbentor de ynstrumentos de música», Enrique Máximo García, Imafronte 15:167-182, 2000-2001.
- El "otro" Imafronte de la Catedral de Murcia: la renovación de campanas (1790-1818), Enrique Máximo García, Imafronte 19-20:195-252, 2007-2008.
- Joseph LLopis y el Organo de Elche de la Sierra, Enrique Máximo García, In: Ramón Fernández y Fernández (ed.), Organo de la Iglesia Santa Quiteria. Elche de la Sierra, Asociación Cultural Santa Quiteria, Elche de la Sierra, ISBN 978-84-611-9336-3, 2008, pp. 58–104.