摘要
Through the study of one case in particular this article wishes to contribute to adding to the knowledge concerning the importation of printed music in Spain from 1868 to 1892. The case in point refers to the commercial relations that existed during the above period between the German Editorial, Peters, and certain Spanish editors then in business. The material in question consists of nineteen documents -sixteen letters, two order lists and a steamship dispatch certificate- addressed mostly to Peters by five editors and a Spanish musical association, all of which are currently conserved in a well known Leipzig Archive: the S chsisches Staatsarchiv Leipzig. Reading and analyzing the said documents introduces us to subject matter which, although it has been studied before, enshrouds many unanswered questions: through what channels was foreign music introduced, what means of payment were employed and what manner of repertory was requested? The answer to these questions will give us an idea of the tastes prevalent during that period as well as the commercial outlets utilized, etc. Este art赤culo pretende ser una aportaci車n al mejor conocimiento de la importaci車n de m迆sica impresa en Espa a entre 1868 y 1892 a trav谷s de un caso concreto: la relaci車n comercial que existi車 durante el periodo mencionado entre la editorial alemana Peters y algunos de los editores espa oles entonces activos. El material tomado como base est芍 formado por diecinueve documentos 〞esto es, diecis谷is cartas, dos listas de pedido y un resguardo de env赤o en barco de vapor〞, dirigidos en su mayor赤a a Peters por cinco editores y una asociaci車n musical espa oles que se conservan, en la actualidad, en un conocido archivo de Leipzig: el S chsisches Staatsarchiv Leipzig. A trav谷s de la lectura y an芍lisis de dichos documentos nos acercamos a un fen車meno que, aunque conocido y estudiado, todav赤a encierra diversos interrogantes: cu芍les eran las v赤as de suministro de m迆sica for芍nea, qu谷 f車rmulas de pago se empleaban, qu谷 tipo de repertorio se importaba (pudiendo as赤 aproximamos tanto a los gustos imperantes en la 谷poca como a la salida mercantil que a 谷stos se daba), etc.