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The Brook Center is a scholarly facility associated with the doctoral program in music at
The City University of New York Graduate Center.

Current Brook Center projects include:
Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments
Foundation for Iberian Music
French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Music in Gotham: The New York Scene
Pergolesi Research Center
Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM)
Research Center for Music Iconography (RCMI)
Xenakis Project of the Americas

Dance Performance of “Homenatge” by Tania León

12 February, 2012: The Foundation for Iberian Music’s 2011 Composer’s Commission, “Homenatge” , a tribute to Xavier Montsalvatge for his centennial by Tania León will be performed at the 2012 Composers Now festival. This festival is held throughout New York City by numerous organizations. Distinguished professor León has just been named artistic director of this prestigious festival.

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Listen to The Travels of Tirant Lo Blanch

10 January, 2012: The recordings from the 20 October, 2011 concert “The Travels of Tirant Lo Blanch: Music and Chivalric Splendor” are available in the Audio Archive. The concert was part of the series Music in Midtown at the CUNY Graduate Center. Below is the concert’s program and more information about the Capella de Ministrers and Carles Magraner.

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The Celebration of the Centennial of Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2012)

2012: The Foundation for Iberian Music is participating in the celebration of the Centennial of Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2012), one of the most prominent composers from the Catalan music scene in the 20th century. The year’s activities will be concerts, lectures, book releases, andexihibitions in different cities including but not limited to Barcelona, Madrid, and New York.

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2012 Composer’s Commission: Benet Casablancas

2012: The Foundation for Iberian Music proudly announces that Benet Casablancas has been chosen for the 2012 Composer’s Commission. In theme with the Tania León’s 2011 Composer’s Commission, his musical piece will celebrate the Centennial of Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2012), one of the most prominent figures in the Catalan music scene in the 20th century.

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Fashioning Modernism: Rimbaud meets Verlaine meets Debussy

24 January 2012: A seminar with Prof. Evelyne Ender, Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center, CUNY and James Melo, ERC’s musicologist and Senior Editor at RILM. The encounter between the adolescent Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) and the already celebrated poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) was like a spark that [...]

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Fundación Juan March: Digital Collection of Spanish Music

29 November, 2011: The Fundación Juan March in Madrid has updated its digital collection of Spanish music. The catalogue includes a searchable archive of concerts, composers, performers, scores, and more. For more information and to access this website, click here.

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Christmas in Iberia: A Preconcert Lecture by Antoni Pizà

8 December, 2011: For the anniversary of Tomás Luis de Victoria the Church of St. Luke in the Fields is hosting the concert “Christmas in Iberia.” The evening features Victoria’s sublime Missa O magnum mysterium among other pieces by both Portuguese and Spanish composers. Before the concert, Antoni Pizà director of the Foundation for Iberian Music will give a lecture about the program, focusing on the life and work of Victoria.

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Listen to the Discussion about Silent Music

15 November, 2011: Listen to the audio recordings of the book release and panel discussion for Silent Music: Medieval Song and the Construction of History in Eighteenth-Century Spain by Susan Boynton. The recording is available on the Foundation for Iberian Music’s Audio Archive.

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