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, 26 de junio de 1696, renowned musician of the Spanish Baroque, and a disciple of

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. He worked as

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in the

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. The historiographical ambiguity about the nature of this prominent polychoralist persisted until 2011, when Profesor of Music at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, José Luis de la Fuente Charfolé, managed to locate his birth certificate in the parish of San Juan Bautista in the town of Fuensalida (Toledo). En la parroquial de Fuensalida en veintiocho de abril de mil y seisçientos y cuarenta años yo el licenciado Alonso del Caño y Robles, cura propio de la dicha villa bauticé a Alonso, hijo de Juan Bautista y de Ana de la Fuente, su mujer, el cual nació a catorce de abril de este año, fueron sus padrinos el licenciado Francisco Díaz Romo, y comadre mayor doña Maria Romo y Aguilar, su hija, y se les advirtió el parentesco espiritual que contraían con este bautizado y con sus padres, y lo firmé, Juan Ximenez. His works are distributed among the cathedrals of Cuenca and Seville; individual pieces have also been located in the cathedrals of Astorga, Burgos, Cádiz, Las Palmas, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Segovia, Valladolid; the Collegiate Churches of Santa María in Talavera de la Reina and Jerez, the Royal College of Corpus Christi in Valencia, the Bavarian State Library in Munich, and the National Center for Research, Documentation, and Musical Information in Mexico City He had prestigious disciples, such as the brothers Diego and

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, who acceded to outstanding posts due to his recommendations: the first one

in the Cathedral of Las Palmas and the second as

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– First Stage (1664–1675) *Chapel master in

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– Second Stage (1684–1696)

References

Bibliography *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. "Nuevos hallazgos documentales y biográficos sobre Alonso Xuárez maestro de Sebastián Durón". Anuario musical 67 (2012): 3–18. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca I. Motetes al Señor y los Santos de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696). Madrid: Alpuerto, 2013. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. "La música en la catedral de Cuenca (1664-1675): Alonso Xuárez, maestro de Sebastián Durón". Sebastián Durón (1660-1716) y la música de su época. Vigo: Academia del Hispanismo, 2013, pp. 219-244. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. "La música en la Catedral de Cuenca: Alonso Xuárez de la Fuente (1640-1696)". El Libro de la 52 Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca. Cuenca: Ministerio de Cultura, Excma Diputación Provincial, Excmo. Ayuntamiento, y Obispado de Cuenca, 2013, pp. 47-68. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca II. Motetes de Cuaresma y Adviento de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696). Madrid: Alpuerto, 2014. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca III. Motetes a Santa María de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696).Madrid: Alpuerto, 2016. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca IV. Obras exequiales de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696). Madrid: Alpuerto, 2018. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca V. Misas, motetes a San Julián y Secuencias de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696). Madrid: Alpuerto, 2019. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. La música en la catedral de Cuenca hasta el reinado de Carlos II. Contribución para una historia crítica. Madrid: Alpuerto, 2019. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca VI. Salmos y Magnitficat de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696). Madrid: Alpuerto, 2020. *De la Fuente Charfolé, José Luis. Música Policoral de la catedral de Cuenca VII. Lamentaciones, Misereres, Villancicos de Alonso Xuárez (1640-1696). Madrid: Alpuerto, 2020. *Martínez Millán, Miguel. ''Historia musical de la Catedral de Cuenca''. Serie Música. Cuenca: Diputación Provincial, 1988. *Navarro Gonzalo, Restituto, Antonio Iglesias, Manuel Angulo, e Instituto de Música Religiosa. ''Catálogo Musical del Archivo de la Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica De Cuenca''. Publicaciones del Instituto de Música Religiosa de la Excma. Diputación Provincial de Cuenca. 2ª ed. Cuenca: Instituto de Música Religiosa, 1973. *Navarro Gonzalo, Restituto, Miguel Martínez Millán, Antonio Iglesias, y Jesús López Cobos: ''Polifonía de la Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica De Cuenca''. Cuenca: Instituto de Música Religiosa, 1970. *Stevenson, Robert: «Xuares uárez Alonso» in ''

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External links

Alonso Xuárez Project site

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