Music in the zarzuelas of Severino Reyes ("Lola Basyang") / Helen Samson-Lauterwald.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Zarzuela in Spain -- Definition of a Zarzuela -- Origin of the term "Zarzuela" -- Early beginnings of the Spanish Zarzuela -- The Nineteenth-Century Zarzuela revival -- The Zarzuela in the Philippines -- Antecedents of the Tagalo Zarzuela -- The Comedia (or Komedya) -- The Moro-Moro -- The Spanish Zarzuela in the Philippines -- Rise of the vernacular Zarzuela -- Severino Reyes, the dramatist -- Bibliography -- Significant Zarzuelas -- Composers of Don'' Binoy's zarzuelas -- Analysis if the extant music in the Zarzuelas of Severino Reyes -- Ang kalupi -- Walang sugat -- Minda Mora -- Filipinas para los Filipinos -- La Venta de Filipinas al Japon -- Lukso ng dugo -- Gloria o Habeas corpus -- Opera Ytaliana -- Ang Tatlong babae-- Liham ng hilahil -- Ana Maria -- Summary and evaluation -- Summary of the musical elements found in the Zarzuela of Severino Reyes -- Additional observations -- Evaluations of composers'styles -- Notes.

"Severino Reyes (1861-1942), writer and dramatist, wrote the libretto to a total of twenty zarzuelas in which he worked closely with composers ranging from Fulgencio Tolentino (1870-1940) to Antonio Molina (1894-1980). Unfortunately, only eleven of these works have extant music today. Nevertheless, they present a good cross section of musical theory and practice in the Philippines early in the twentieth century. The author also includes reproductions of original zarzuela compositions as found in the appendix, and recommends their possible revival today even as individual compositions."--Back cover.

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