Nassarre, Pablo
(1654–1730)
PABLO NASSARRENASSARRE, PABLOPABLO NASSARRE [* ca. 1654-† 1730] Musical traditions did not evolve at the same pace throughout all of Europe. Spain, for example, retained Renaissance ideals of composition long after the chordal emphasis of figured bass had swept through much of the continent. It is thus difficult to evaluate Pablo Nassarre's comprehensive Escuela música según la práctica moderna (1723-24), a work which we might more comfortably regard as a product of the seventeenth century, or…