The sacred contriving on Maundy Thursday, April 19th, 1810, marked the beginning of the independence of Venezuela. The date was not chosen at random but on the basis of the advantages that the “ecclesiastical function” had regarding both the social control and the dissemination of the information about the political goals to be achieved. The purpose of this essay is the analysis of the hitherto unknown confluence of the musical and ecclesiastical elements that made it possible this enterprise to succeed. These elements in turn are related to the social, intellectual and musical networks of the humanist Andrés Bello (1781-1865), editor of the Gazeta de Caracas and son of the
musician and lawyer Bartolomé Bello (1758-1804).
Keywords:
Venezuela, Church, 1810, Veásquez, Requiem Mass, Bartolomé Bello
Coifman Michailos, D. (2012). El “concierto sacro” del 19 de abril de 1810: o la conjura eclesiástica de Andrés Bello (1781-1865). Revista Musical Chilena, 66(217), p. 56 – 74. Retrieved from https://revistaeggp.uchile.cl/index.php/RMCH/article/view/20262
