Francisco Guerau (1649–1722) was a Spanish

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composer. After being born on

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, he entered the singing school at the Royal College in

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in 1659, becoming a member of the Royal Chapel as an

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singer and composer ten years later. Named a member of the Royal Chamber of King

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in 1693, he also served as a teacher at the singing school until 1701. His best-known work is a collection of pieces for

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entitled ''

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'' that was published in 1694.

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Antoni Pizà Antoni Pizà, born in Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain, in 1962, is a musicologist. After receiving a PhD at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1994, he taught music history at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. He also ta ...

: ''Francesc Guerau i el seu temps'' (Palma de Mallorca: Govern de les Illes Balears, Conselleria d'Educació i Cultura, Direcció General de Cultura, Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics, 2000)

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Brief biography

''Music in the time of Vélasquez''
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