Casinos y espacios de recreo para la música: el caso de la ciudad de Soria (1848-1936)

Abstract

The associationist models are an expanding fact since the second half of the nineteenth century, with cultural identity in the so-called casinos, recreational circles and athenaeums. In terms of coffee, daily reading of the press, debates, lectures, social action and regenerationism, music is an indispensable element, either in the form of a concert or in the form of entertainment, especially for the more affluent classes and the bourgeoisie, although little by little they are incorporating other groups.The case of Soria is not an exception to these organizational types, with the characteristic of being a small city but rich in manifestations of this type, with several entities that use this model. The presence of the piano is constant, as well as several families of interpreters. At the same time, there is no shortage of chamber music and a repertoire of zarzuelístico and operatic type, together with a repertoire of the same interpreters totally unknown.