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

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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 P ...

, 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 Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface. Popular in the first quarter of the 20th century and billed "the Game of the Century" by its enthusiasts, it was an Olympic sport in the 1904 Summer Games, replacing cr ...

, and Blas Tardío y Guzmán.

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, Pedro ...

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

References

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