The tempo of musical interpretation accelerated during the nineteenth century so much that it became inaccessible to amateur performers (the intended recipients of much of the era's compositions), thus distorting many composers’ intentions. Recent research on the current misinterpretation of the metronomic instructions in nineteenth-century composers’ scores seems to support this idea. According to proponents of the double beat theory, these composers intended to indicate a tempo that was half as fast as what we now consider correct. Half as fast is an enormous change that changes everything, not just the performance and the listener's experience but also the way we engage with music. From then on, music fell into the hands of professional virtuosos and those who commercialise art. It was the first step towards creating an industry beyond domestic control, where the public was only passively invited.

Rubén Ramos Nogueira is a musician, writer and performer. As a musician and artist, he has mainly worked in the field of live arts, creating pieces that explore the relationship between music and life, such as the trilogy Amateur, Patada a seguir [Follow-up Kick] and Can 60. He is currently working on reviving the nineteenth-century amateur salon concept and adapting it to twenty-first-century private homes through the project Fanny (named after Fanny Mendelssohn), alongside Núria Lloansi, Pierre Peres and other guest artists such as Juan Loriente and Gema Ramos. He has published two fiction books, Punk cursi [Cheesy Punk] and Master, and he is one of the founders of Teatron, a digital magazine specialising in live arts.

The creative factories and Barcelona's museums once again lead a shared experience. A series of museum and heritage spaces in the city become a stage for the residents of the city's artistic creation centers, who engage in dialogue through their proposals with the artistic, historical, or ethnographic collections preserved in each space.

A production by Centre de les Arts Lliures – Joan Brossa Foundation and Museu de la Música de Barcelona

With the support of the Barcelona Crea grant (Creation and museums).

The activities of Creation and Museums are free, but a reservation will be required. 

Registrations will open on June 17th, at 10 a.m.