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Chronological List Of Spanish Classical Composers
The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who have lived in, worked in, or been citizens of Spain. Renaissance Baroque Classical era Romantic Modern/Contemporary {{DEFAULTSORT:Spanish composers, Chronological list of Spanish composers, Chronological lists of classical composers by nationality, Spanish Lists of Spanish people by occupation, Composers Spanish music-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" can also be applied to List of classical and art music traditions, non-Western art musics. Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and Harmony, harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since at least the ninth century, it has been primarily a written tradition, spawning a sophisticated music notation, notational system, as well as accompanying literature in music analysis, analytical, music criticism, critical, Music history, historiographical, musicology, musicological and Philosophy of music, philosophical practices. A foundational component of Western culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual or com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Guerrero (composer)
Pedro Guerrero (born c. 1520) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. Guerrero was born in Seville, probably around 1520, and he may have sung in the Seville Cathedral choir. He was singer of the powerful dukes of Medina Sidonia from 1533 to 1536. He was the older brother of Francisco Guerrero and taught him music prior to Francisco's time studying with Cristóbal de Morales. By 1560 he had taken a position as a singer in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Guerrero's surviving compositions are scant. Several sacred motets are extant, as well as about ten secular songs in Spanish, though these only survive in intabulated versions for vihuela. References *Don Randel Don Michael Randel (born December 9, 1940) is an American musicologist, specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Spain and France. He is currently the chair of the board of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a truste .... ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music'', 1996, p. 33 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Bruna
Pablo Bruna (22 June 1611 – 27 June 1679) was a Spanish composer and organist notable for his blindness (caused by a childhood bout of smallpox), which resulted in his being known as "El ciego de Daroca Daroca is a city and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, situated to the south of the city of Zaragoza. It is the center of a judicial district. It is located in the basin of Calatayud, in the valley of the Jiloca river. N ..." ("the blind man of Daroca"). It is not known how Bruna received his musical training, but in 1631 he was appointed organist of the collegiate church of St. María in his hometown of Daroca, later rising to choirmaster in 1674. He remained there until his death in 1679. Thirty-two of Bruna's organ works have survived, mostly in the '' tiento'' form. Many, known as ''tientos de medio registro,'' are for divided keyboard, a typical feature of Spanish organs. Bruna was known as a capable teacher and his nephew Diego Xaraba, whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbán De Vargas
Urbán de Vargas (1606–1656) was a Spanish baroque composer. Life Urbano Barguilla y de Ripalda was born in 1606 in Falces, south of Navarra. He studied with the ''maestro de capilla'' at Burgos, Luis Bernardo Jalón, known for his polemic activities and radical views on music. As was common among the chapel masters of the period, Vargas passed the cathedrals of Huesca, Pamplona, Daroca, Calatayud, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, and finally the Valencia, where he died at the age of 50.Antonio Ezquerro Esteban, essay in booklet to Urbán de Vargas, Quicumque. Capilla Peñaflorida dir. Josep Cabré, NB Musika, 2008 Vargas' music is in a complex polyphonic early baroque idiom. In his life he was highly regarded both as composer and organist working with other important Iberian musicians of the period including Juan Bautista Comes, Carlos Patiño (1600–1675), and the Portuguese monk Manuel Correia, ''maestro de capilla'' in Zaragoza's other cathedral La S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Arañés
Juan Arañés (died c. 1649) was a Spanish baroque composer. His tonos and villancicos follow the style of those preserved in the Cancionero of Kraków. Biography Arañés was born in Aragon, at an unknown date. After studies in Alcalá de Henares, he was ''maestro di cappella'' at the Spanish embassy in Rome, where in 1624 he published his ''Libro Segundo de tonos y villancicos''. The first book is lost. The ''Libro Segundo'' collection contains 12 pieces of 1, 2, and 3 voices, '' tonos humanos'' and '' villancicos,'' the final being a vocal chaconne for 4 voices, ''A la vida bona'' which features in the works of Miguel de Cervantes. The collection is notable for its guitar accompaniment in Italian notation. He died in or after 1649. Works, editions and recordings *''A la vida bona'' for 4 voices - on (i) ''Musica en el Quijote y otras obras de Miguel de Cervantes'', Orphénica Lyra (Glossa, 2005) and (ii) ''Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha: Romances y Músicas'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Patiño
Carlos Patiño ( Cuenca 1600Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... 5 September 1675) was a Spanish Baroque composer. Patiño was a choirboy at Seville Cathedral where he studied with Alonso Lobo. He married in 1622 but his wife's death in 1625 led to his entry into the priesthood. In March 1628 he became ''maestro de capilla'' of the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación, Madrid, where he succeeded Gabriel Díaz Bessón (1590–1638). On 1 January 1634 Patiño succeeded Mateo Romero as ''maestro de capilla'' in the royal chapel. He was the first ''maestro'' of the ''capilla real'', formerly the Flemish chapel, to be born in Spain. In 1660 his request for retirement was denied, but he was provided with two assistants. Most of his sacred works are polychoral. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Pérez Bocanegra
Pérez de Bocanegra was a parish priest in this church in Andahuaylillas Juan Pérez de Bocanegra, TOSF (died 1645) was a Catholic priest and member of the Third Order of St. Francis, who was a musician, and specialist in the indigenous languages of colonial Peru. Life Pérez de Bocanegra established himself in the Viceroyalty of Peru as one of the most important experts in the local languages and ways of life. He taught Latin at the University of San Marcos in Lima before moving to Cusco. He then served as the cantor at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo there from c. 1599–1611, serving as choir-book corrector from 1598-1604, during the episcopacy of Antonio de la Raya y Navarrete. He served as examiner general for the native languages Quechua and Aymara for the Diocese of Cusco, and was for many years a parish priest in Andahuaylillas. His name appears on the cornerstone of the church at Andahuaylillas.Bruce Mannheim, ''A Nation Surrounded'', in: ''Native Traditions in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Correa De Arauxo
Francisco Correa de Araujo (or Arauxo, or Acebedo) (1584–1654) was a Spanish organist, composer, and theorist of the late Renaissance. Life Correa de Araujo was born in Seville. Like most Spanish organists from this era, details of his life are clouded by obscurity. For some time even the years of his birth and death were disputed.The dates given here are those given by Ayarra and the New Grove and are regarded as authoritative; but the reader should be aware that earlier sources, even authoritative ones such as Apel's textbook on early music, may have differing dates for Correa's birth and death which are now regarded as incorrect. His musical background is unclear; he claimed to have learned theory by studying the works of Francisco de Peraza and Diego del Castillo. In 1599 he received an organ appointment in Seville, but became embroiled in a lawsuit with rival Juan Picafort, which delayed confirmation of this appointment for six years. In 1608, he was ordained as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartolomé De Selma Y Salaverde
Fray Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c. 1595, in Cuenca – after 1638) was a Spanish Baroque composer and virtuoso player of the dulcian, a predecessor to the modern bassoon. He was an Augustinian friar who was employed at the archducal court at Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ... from 1628 to 1630, and was the son, or possibly grandson, of Bartolome de Selma (d. 1616), luthier to the Spanish royal chapel. His compositions include the ''Primo libro de canzoni, fantasie & correnti'' (Venice, 1638), and manuscript vocal works.Companion to Baroque Music - Page 343 Julie Anne Sadie Selma y Salaverde, Bartolome de (fl 1638). Works Selected works include: *''Primo libro de canzoni, fantasie & correnti'' (1638) *''Canzona a 4 sopra battaglia'' References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Pau Pujol
Joan Pau Pujol (; baptized 18 June 1570 – 17 May 1626) was a Catalan people, Catalan and Spain, Spanish composer and organ (music), organist of the late Renaissance music, Renaissance and early Baroque music, Baroque. While best known for his sacred music, he also wrote popular secular music. Life Pujol was born in Mataró. In 1593 he became the assistant ''maestro de capilla'' at the cathedral in Barcelona, but he only held this post for a few months, taking the post of ''maestro de capilla'' (master of the chapel) at the cathedral in Tarragona, and then in 1595 at ''Nuestra Señora del Pilar'' in Zaragoza, a post which he kept for 17 years. While in Zaragoza, in 1600, he became a priest. In 1612 he returned to Barcelona, becoming ''maestro de capilla'' at the cathedral, a distinguished post which he held until his death. Most of his music dates from the time he was in Barcelona. Evidently a condition of his employment was to produce a fixed quantity of new liturgical m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Blas De Castro
Juan Blas de Castro (1561 – August 6, 1631) was a Spanish singer, musician and composer. Born in Barrachina, in the province of Teruel, Spain, he was the second of four brothers. In 1592, he became part of the court of the Duke of Alba in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, together with his friend, the poet and playwright Lope de Vega. During his stay, he set to music several of Lope's poems. Both would leave Salamanca together. In 1597, Castro became a court musician to King Philip III of Spain, and, from June 15, 1599 an usher. He died in Madrid. Back in Madrid from Valladolid, from 1606 he would collaborate closely with Lope de Vega, who would praise his art. Also Tirso de Molina Gabriel Téllez, O. de M. (24 March 158320 February 1648), also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet, as well as a Mercedarian friar, and Catholic priest. He is primarily known for writing '' The Trickster of Sev ... would dedicate him appreciative texts. In the Canci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián De Vivanco
Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551 in Ávila, Spain, Ávila – October 26, 1622 in Salamanca) was a Spanish priest and composer of the Renaissance music, Renaissance. Life Vivanco was born in Ávila, like Tomás Luis de Victoria; however, the exact date of his birth is unknown. It is hypothesized that he was born a few years after Victoria and that they both knew each other as children and sang together at the chapel of the Cathedral of Ávila. During the time that Vivanco sang in the chorus, the ''maestro di cappella, maestri di cappella'' were Gerónimo de Espinar, Bernardino de Ribera (1559) and Juan Navarro Hispalensis (1563). This last composer had the most profound influence on Vivanco. After 1566, with the change in his voice, Vivanco commenced studies as a priest, as Victoria had done. Around 1576, while still a subdeacon, he was named ''maestro di cappella'' at the Cathedral of Lérida, but shortly thereafter, on July 4, 1576, he was dismissed from this position. Upon his re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
