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Since 1988 La Fontegara, founded by Maria Díez-Canedo, Gabriela Villa Walls and Eloy Cruz, has specialized in the historic interpretation of music of the 15th through 18th centuries, using replicas of original instruments. After 1997, Eunice Padilla was added to the group as harpsichordist. The members of La Fontegara have completed professional studies in Mexico, Boston, Chicago, New York and The Hague. La Fontegara have made several recordings and given concerts in the U.S., Europe, Central America and South America. Sonatas Novohispanas II ? Mexican Baroque Music is a continuation of their first album presenting instrumental music by composers found in the Mexican archives of the 18th century. Long considered a fallow period in Mexican musical culture, the 18th century is receiving new attention from scholars upon the discovery of new sources that have allowed a substantial revision of the former view of musical decadence. It seems that New Spain had indeed a! flourishing artistic life of great quality. Extensive notes in English and Spanish detail the musical history of this fascinating period and place.