Órgano Erben de la Merced
19 de February de 2023 In Musicanova By webmaster

Órgano Erben de la Merced

Comenzamos hoy una serie de publicaciones dedicadas al patrimonio organístico habanero, en colaboración con la musicóloga Gabriela Rojas!

Cada órgano está asociado estrechamente al acontecer particular del espacio eclesiástico a donde fue destinado. Además, a lo largo su vida activa suele estar sujeto a varios cambios tecnológicos y estéticos, de acuerdo a gustos epocales. Tal es el caso del órgano ubicado en la iglesia habanera de La Merced. ¡Les ofrecemos algunos datos sobre este instrumento!

El órgano fue comprado en 1833 por la orden mercedaria en los talleres de Henry Erben en Nueva York por 4000 pesos.

Está situado en el coro alto frente al altar. Es un órgano de tribuna de tamaño medio con 19 registros, 11 de ellos principales, dos manuales y pedalero.

Considerando las intervenciones que se realizaron al instrumento y la disposición de sus juegos, puede situarse como de estilo postromántico o ecléctico.

Sufrió tres transformaciones importantes, al menos entre las que están documentadas: la primera en 1868 (desmontaje del órgano y construcción de un nuevo manual; la segunda entre 1910 y 1911 (colocación de un motor eléctrico y cambio a sistema neumático), y la última en 1963 (cambio a sistema electroneumático y sustitución del motor).

El órgano Erben de la Merced se encuentra en muy mal estado y no es posible su uso en concierto o en la liturgia.

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Sperrhake Passau
14 de September de 2022 In Donations By webmaster

Donan clavecín de la marca Sperrhake Passau

Muy felices de contar en La Habana con un nuevo instrumento para la interpretación de la música antigua, y con la posibilidad de acometer proyectos futuros valiéndonos del instrumentario adecuado. Se trata del clavecín de la marca Sperrhake Passau, donado gentilmente a la Cátedra de Música Sacra por el Instituto Católico de Música Sacra y Pedagogía Musical de Ratisbona (HfKM), Alemania, una más de las acciones de colaboración ocurridas entre ambas instituciones en la última década.
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Es un instrumento de dos teclados, emplazado desde ahora en el Aula Magna del Centro Cultural Padre Félix Varela, cuyo sonido quedará inaugurado por el Ensemble Cantábile y registrado en el proyecto de grabación de su primer fonograma. ¡Bendecidos, agradecidos y entusiasmados! ¡Que suene la música!

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6 de December de 2021 In Donations By webmaster

Merklin-Schütze organ inaugurated

The Cathedra of Sacred Music of the Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center inaugurates the organ of the firm Merklin-Schütze (Paris / Brussels, 1856) , one of the oldest instruments that we find in our Archdiocese of Havana. As once its melodies resounded at its headquarters in the beautiful Basilica of Our Lady of La Caridad, we can hear it today, restored and refunctionalized for the enjoyment of our faithful and visitors in general, adorning the liturgical accompaniment of our religious services.

In Havana today two organs are considered very valuable: the organ of the Church of San Francisco de Paula belonging to the Daublaine-Ducroquet house ( ca. 1845-1855) and restored in 2008 by the Office of the City Historian, and the organ that we revitalize today.

In the current year of the Lord 2019, the restoration of this Merklin-Schütze organ has concluded, which has been transferred since 2017, at the suggestion of our Archbishop SER Mons. Juan de la Caridad García, to a new space in the Church of San Francisco de Asís (Cuba and Amargura, Old Havana). The instrument has been restored by the Swiss Organizer House Ferdinand Stemmer SA in collaboration with the German government, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Foundation for the World Heritage of the UNESCO , and the Baltisches Orgel Centrum, and will habitually dedicate to liturgical, academic and concert actions under the management of the Cathedra of Sacred Music of the Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center.

With this valuable instrument among us, as of today, let us enjoy religious services and sacred-musical activities that contribute to enriching the cultural heritage of the beloved Havana people who are celebrating the 500th anniversary of its foundation.

Palabras del Pbro. Yosvany Carvajal Sureda, Rector del Instituto de Estudios Eclesiásticos Padre Félix Varela y Párroco del Sagrario Catedral de La Habana
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6 de December de 2021 In Collaborations By webmaster

II International Workshop on Musical Heritage

From June 24 to 29, 2019, the second edition of the International Workshop on Musical Heritage, sponsored by various Cuban and foreign institutions, among which is the Sacred Music Cathedra of the Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center.

The Workshop was opened by Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of Havana, and was given by important personalities on the subject. In it, several thesis works on the subject were presented.

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6 de December de 2021 In Edition 2019, Musicanova By Catedra

Musicanova Edition 2019

As a result of the systematic work of the Cathedra of Sacred Music of the Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center, MUSICANOVA arrives at its first edition from April 9 to 14, an annual event that aims to focus its interest on contemporary sacred musical composition inside and outside the Island. The musical creation workshops that took place as part of the academic offering of the Havana Sacred Music Week in its six editions, have sparked a compositional practice of new works that link current technical criteria together with the textual and spiritual expression of the Christian faith .

In this way, the accumulation of the visions of some young composers and others of greater trajectory on the religious musical creation for the Christian cult that emerged in recent times, constitute the reason for being of MUSICANOVA. Sacred works adjusted to the requirements of the liturgy and pieces with a religious perspective of
concert will be heard in two concerts entitled Experiments I and II, with the participation of a group of local professional musicians from choral and instrumental groups and soloists of recognized prestige. The pieces shown will also be the result of the musical creation workshop that the German composer Steven Heelein will give these days, a teacher at HfKM (Institute of Sacred Music and Musical Pedagogy of Regensburg, Germany), as well as the theoretical reflection sessions on functionality of sacred music and its link with the dogma that sustains it offered by the musicologist Claudia Fallarero, professor at the Cathedra of Sacred Music. MUSICANOVA has the institutional collaboration of HfKM, as well as the Casa de las Américas; the Esteban Salas Cabinet of Musical Heritage and the Opus Habana Magazine of the Office of the Historian; the National Center for Concert Music of the Cuban Institute of Music; the University of the Arts of Cuba, Higher Institute of Art; the National Center of Art Schools, and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cuba.

In this first edition, the concerts of MUSICANOVA follow the achievement of the Casa de las Américas 2019 Composition Prize (April 8-12), so that the field of contemporary composition will have days of splendor within the concert scene in the present month of April on the Island, based on thinking and listening to various perspectives on the creation of music in our times.

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6 de December de 2021 In 6th SMW Havana By webmaster

Opening Concert of the 6th. Sacred Music Week

In the Church of San Francisco de Asís, appointment in Cuba and Amargura in Old Havana, the Opening Concert of the 6th. Sacred Music Week, organized by our Cathedra, which was attended by Mr. Archbishop of Havana, Mons. Juan García and the Apostolic Nuncio of the Pope in Cuba, Mons. Giogio Lingua.

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6 de December de 2021 In Instrumentarium By webmaster

Merklin-Schütze

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(Paris / Brussels, 1856)

Organ: Merklin-Schütze (Paris / Brussels, 1855-1856) Mechanical instrument with a single manual keyboard and 11 registers. Pedalboard coupled to the manual and without its own voices. Restored in 2018 by the Swiss organ builder Ferdinand Stemmer.

Location: Church of San Francisco de Asís (Calle Cuba corner to Calle Amargura, Old Havana). Original of the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity.

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6 de December de 2021 In Instrumentarium By webmaster

Graf AG

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(Sursee, 1989) Mechanical instrument with two manual keyboards and pedal board and 15 registers. Donated in 2013 by the Sisters of St. Anna in Luzerna (Switzerland) to the Chair of Sacred Music at the Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center. Assembled at its new headquarters by the Swiss organ builder Ferdinand Stemmer between 2014 and 2015. Repaired by the Spanish organ builder Joaquín Lois in January 2019.

Location: Parroquia del Espíritu Santo (Calle Cuba corner to Calle Acosta, Old Havana)

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