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 race-based colonial caste system (the European descendants)
Animals
* Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South Ameri ...
composers in baroque
Bolivia
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trained by
Juan de Araujo, 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,
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, and
Blas Tardío y Guzmán
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.
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, Pe ...
''Ay del alma mía!''
* Villancico
[Recording on ''Musique Baroque á la Royale Audience de Charcas''.]
References
Bolivian composers
Bolivian male musicians
Male composers
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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