Pilar Diez del Corral Corredoira is Ramón y Cajal Fellow based at the Art History department of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid). She wrote a PhD on Classical Art and has widely published in international journals (The Burlington Magazine, Storia dell'Arte, etc). Her current research is focused on Iberian cultural identities, artistic mobility and diplomacy in Rome in the 18th Century.

"This study [...] constitutes a far richer and more subtle description of music in Lisbon at the time of King João V than what was previously available, and provides a broader and richer political and sociocultural context." Translated from Spanish: "Este estudio [...] constituye una descripción mucho más completa y sutil de la música de Lisboa en la época del rey João V que la disponible hasta ahora y proporciona un contexto político y sociocultural más amplio y rico." David Cranmer, Cuadernos de música iberoamericana

"[Politics and the Arts in Lisbon and Rome] constitutes a much more complete and subtle description of the music of Lisbon in the time of King João V than is available up to now and provides a broader and richer political and sociocultural context." (Translated from Spanish) David Cranmer, Cuadernos de Musica Iberoamericana

"Meticulously researched and well presented, this new book of studies successfully blends diplomatic, artistic, and cultural history, masterfully evoking a period which has often been studied, yet rarely with the depth that these new scholars bring to the table. The sheer variety of sources, both archival and printed, bring to light hitherto unconsidered facets of this fascinating period and monarch." James W. Nelson Novoa, Journal of Early Modern History