Andrés Flores was one of four important

criollo Criollo or criolla (Spanish for creole) may refer to: People * Criollo people, a social class in the Spanish colonial system. Animals * Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South America. * Criollo cattle, a group of cattle bre ...

composers in baroque

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

trained by

Juan de Araujo Juan de Araujo (1646–1712) was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque. Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. By 1670 he was nominated ''maestro di cappella'' of Lima Cathedral, Peru. In the following years he travelled to ...

, during his tenure as choirmaster of the Cathedral of Sucre (then called La Plata) 1680–1712. The other three notable criollo composers were Sebastián de los Ríos, Roque Jacinto de Chavarría, and

Blas Tardío y Guzmán Blas is mainly a Spanish given name and surname, related to Blaise. It may refer to Places *Piz Blas, mountain in Switzerland * San Blas (disambiguation) People * Ricardo Blas Jr. (born 1986) Judo athlete from Guam * Blas Antonio Sáenz (fl. 184 ...

Works

* juguete ''Peregrina Agraciada Dios'' * ''A este edificio célebre'' * motet ''Tota pulchra es, Maria'' and

villancico The ''villancico'' ( Spanish, ) or vilancete ( Portuguese, ) was a common poetic and musical form of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America popular from the late 15th to 18th centuries. Important composers of villancicos were Juan del Encina, P ...

''Ay del alma mía!'' * VillancicoRecording on ''Musique Baroque á la Royale Audience de Charcas''.

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