Ángel Manuel Olmos facts for kids

Ángel Manuel Olmos was born in Madrid, Spain, on June 17, 1974. He is a Spanish music expert, also known as a musicologist, and a business person (an entrepreneur). He teaches musicology at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, which is a famous music school. He has also taught at other universities, like the University of La Rioja and the University of Liverpool.

Early Life and Studies

Ángel Olmos was born in Madrid, Spain. He first studied mining engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Later, he followed his passion for music. He earned his bachelor's degree in musicology from the Madrid Royal Conservatory in 2000. He continued his studies and received a doctorate in music history from the Paris-Sorbonne University. He also has a PhD in economics from the University of Alcalá.

Today, he is a Professor of Musicology. He has also been a professor at the University of La Rioja and the Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid. He helps lead a big project called Discantus at the National Library of Spain. This project is about transcribing old music. He has written many books, around fifteen in total!

What He Studies

Ángel Olmos researches many interesting topics about music:

• How music from the Renaissance period (a time from the 14th to the 17th century) was shared and copied.
• An old way of writing music notes called "white mensural notation."
• The business side of music, or "music economics."
• The history of music through different ages.
• Using "big data" (lots of information) to understand music better.
• Music written for choirs (groups of singers).
• How to manage big projects.

His Books and Articles

Ángel Olmos has published many important works. One of his biggest projects is the "Papeles Barbieri" (Barbieri Papers). This is a complete collection of writings by a famous Spanish musicologist, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. It has 19 volumes!

He has also written other books and articles, such as:

• "Papeles Barbieri. Edición completa," which is the full edition of Barbieri's papers, published from 2018 to 2020.
• "El Arte en los Protocolos," a two-volume work about art found in historical documents.
• Articles about old Spanish music, like the "Cancionero Musical de Palacio" and the "Cancionero Musical de Segovia."
• Research on famous composers like Tomás Luis de Victoria.
• Studies on how music was written and understood in the 15th and 16th centuries.