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The first book published by Murcia was Resumen de accompañar la parte con la guitarra (1714). It must have been a famous one, for it was frequently copied. Portions of it appears in the works of Pablo Minguet y Irol, Joseph Trapero, and Manuel Valero. Yet, another portion is seen in other three Mexican manuscripts. The Resumen . . . is organized in two parts: the first one, covers theoretical descriptions. The main topics are chords of the alphabet or ABCdario, the various tonos or keys, the use of suspensions in cadences, how to accompany in the commonly used keys and time signature.
The second part focus in repertory itself. In this regarding, it is noteworthy to say that the opening pieces in the Resumen . . . are not original compositions by Murcia. Instead, the first eight dances were previously published by RaoulAuger Feuillet in his dance method Recueil de dances composées par M. pecour…et mise sur la papier par M. Feuillet (Paris, 1700). The dances from pages 66, 72, 83-85 of the Resumen . . . are copied from Feuillet’s Recueil de contradances mises en chorégraphie.
The next book by Murcia was printed in 1732: Passacalles y obras de guitarra por todos los tonos naturales y acidentales. This book will be considered in more detailed survey later. The next publication came to light after an striking discover. The Códice Saldívar no. 4 was found in Mexico in 1943 by Mexican musicologist Gabriel Saldívar y Silva by complete accident. It was then re-published in 1995 with a complementary study by Craig H. Russell.
Santiago de Murcia: a survey of his Baroque guitar books
