Atrium Musicae de Madrid

Atrium Musicae was an early music ensemble from Madrid, Spain, founded in the 1970s by Gregorio Paniagua, a Spanish monk.

Background

Perhaps the group's most famous recording is "Musique de la Grèce Antique" "(Music of Ancient Greece)", in which they performed ancient Greek music carefully taken down off scattered fragments of still existing papyrus. Performing the ancient compositions also meant the reconstruction of an arsenal of ancient instruments. This certainly was a fascinating aspect of the group's life performances during a series of acclaimed international tours. The success of this 1978 recording is not the only feather in the group's collective cap. The 1976 "Musique Arabo-Andalouse" delves into Hispanic-Moslem music, and is credited with creating a whole new interest in this fascinating genre of southern Spain. From the late 1970s into the early 1980s the group began a series of recordings dealing with 15th and 16th century popular Spanish songs, then sailed to the New World for the fascinating "Las Indias de Espana", a recording of Pre-Columbian music collected from archives. The decision to dissolve the group was no doubt based on some of the younger brothers' interest in beginning solo careers.

Major Members

*Luis Paniagua
*Carlos Paniagua
*Eduardo Paniagua
*Gregorio Paniagua

Major Recordings

*"MISSA DE BARCELONA-ARS NOVA S.XIV-y MUSICA PROFANA" [LP]
**Edigsa AHMC 10-57 (Barcelona, Spain), Harmonia Mundi HMU 10.033 (France)
**Recorded: Madrid (Spain), 1971

*"MÚSICA IUCUNDA .SIGLOS XII AL XVII" [LP]
**Hispavox HHS 10-459 (Spain), Erato STU 71098 (France), Melodiya C 10-09899/09900 (USSR)
**Recorded: Madrid (Spain), 1976

*"MUSIQUE ARABO ANDALOUSE" [LP]
**Harmonia mundi HM 389-04 (France)
**Recorded: Carcasonne (France), 1976

*"TARANTULE-TARANTELLE" [LP]
**Harmonia mundi HM 379 (France)
**Recorded: Carcasonne (France), 1976

*"DIEGO ORTIZ RECERCADAS" [LPx2]
**Harmonia mundi HM2393 (France), Victor VIC 2399-0 (Japan)
**Recorded: Madrid (Spain) & Provence (France), 1977

*"MUSIQUE DE LA GRECE ANTIQUE" [LP]
**Harmonia mundi HM 1015 (France), Victor VIC-28067 (Japan)
**Recorded: Provence (France), 1978

*"VILLANCICOS" [LP]
**Harmonia mundi HM 1025 (France), Victor VIC-28086 (Japan)
**Recorded: Forcalquier (France), 1979

*"LA SPAGNA -XV-XVI-XVII Centuries" [LPx2, CD]
**BIS Gramophon LP 163/164 (Sweden)
**Recorded: Madrid (Spain), 1980

*"LAS INDIAS DE ESPAÑA MÚSICA PRECOLOMBINA DE ARCHIVOS DEL VIEJO Y NUEVO MUNDO" [LP]
**Hispavox S90.463 (Spain)
**Recorded: Madrid (Spain), 1981

*"LA FOLIA- DE LA SPAGNA" [LP]
**Harmonia mundi HM 1050 (France), Victor VIC-28079 (Japan)
**Recorded: Provenza (France), 1982

References

* [http://www.answers.com/topic/atrium-musicae-de-madrid Atrium Musicae de Madrid at answers.com]
*Es icon [http://usuarios.lycos.es/gregoriopaniagua/principal.htm ATRIVM MVSICAE]
*Es icon [http://usuarios.lycos.es/gregoriopaniagua/discografia.htm Discography]