Carlos Patiño ( Cuenca 1600

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5 September 1675) was a Spanish Baroque composer. Patiño was a choirboy at

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where he studied with

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. He married in 1622 but his wife's death in 1625 led to his entry into the priesthood. In March 1628 he became ''maestro de capilla'' of the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación, Madrid, where he succeeded Gabriel Díaz Bessón (1590–1638). On 1 January 1634 Patiño succeeded Mateo Romero as ''maestro de capilla'' in the royal chapel. He was the first ''maestro'' of the ''capilla real'', formerly the Flemish chapel, to be born in Spain. In 1660 his request for retirement was denied, but he was provided with two assistants. Most of his sacred works are polychoral. Several of his secular works were composed for court occasions. Many sacred works were lost in the

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, but others survived in the New World. His theatre work included the music to ''El Nuevo Olimpo'' of 1648, but this too is lost.

Works

* 13 masses * 49 motets * 21 psalms * 6 litanies * 11 ''cantos evangelicos'' * 2 eucharist hymns * 32

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* 14

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Las obras humanas de Carlos Patiño, ed. D. Becker (Cuenca, 1987) * Theatre music

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patino, Carlos Spanish Baroque composers 1600 births 1675 deaths Spanish male classical composers 17th-century classical composers 17th-century male musicians