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Carnival festivals are undoubtedly one of the most deeply rooted customs within the social context of Salamanca in late nineteenth century. At the beginning of the twentieth century, many of those traditions were lost for diverse reasons, among them «murgas», «comparsas» and some other different types of instrumental groups. Using the local press as historical source, this article summarizes the main musical interests in the city panorama of the time, by collecting the most relevant groups in Salamanca music scene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Music Coffee is one of the most popular genres in Europe early S. XX. Musicians, small companies, diferents kind of groups, tunas, etc.., come together in such premises to present their repertoire but mostly offering which, along with the theater, will be the main form of social entertainment: The coffee concert. Salamanca, as provincial capital, is to be expected. Thus, in this article, find seven important representatives of that genre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Salamanca like other local capitals at the beginning of the XXth century, feels the need led by the hand of intellectuals and members of high society at the time, to create a Philharmonic Society to become a musical-cultural reference within of local art scene. This article presents the background to the very creation of the Company and the gestation and development of the first constitution after its founding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carnival festivals are undoubtedly one of the most deeply rooted customs within the social context of Salamanca in late nineteenth century. At the beginning of the twentieth century, many of those traditions were lost for diverse reasons, among them «murgas», «comparsas» and some other different types of instrumental groups. Using the local press as historical source, this article summarizes the main musical interests in the city panorama of the time, by collecting the most relevant groups in Salamanca music scene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]