La enseñanza del piano en el conservatorio de Madrid durante el magisterio de Pedro Pérez de Albéniz (1830-1854)

Résumé

The main objective of this work is to learn about the origin, functioning and scope of Madrid Conservatory piano teaching during the tenure of Pedro Pérez de Albéniz (1830-1854), the first and only piano teacher at the first public institution of musical education in Spain during the first twenty-four years. This study is carried out by analysing the organisational-institutional aspects, the teaching staff, the student body, the instruments used, the methodology applied and the repertoire performed. This general objective is concretised in the following specific objectives: to frame piano teaching in this institution and in its historical and musical-social context; to establish the relevance of the figure of Pedro Albéniz at the head of the piano class for almost twenty-five years; to specify the institutional and organisational aspects that governed the functioning of this class; to analyse and interpret the number of students, their characteristics, their employment prospects and to verify who were the most outstanding ones; to reconstruct the processes of acquisition, sale and repair of the instruments available to piano students, their construction characteristics and manufacturers, as well as assess the implications of having these instruments available; detail the musical events held at the Conservatory, the participation of piano students in them, as well as the repertoire and technique worked on; determine whether the characteristics of the instruments, the repertoire and the piano technique collaborated in the configuration of teaching periods marked by a specific aesthetic...