:''Note that in some older sources "Ciudad Trujillo's cathedral" refers to

Catedral de Santa María la Menor Catedral may refer to: * Catedral (Buenos Aires Underground), a station * Catedral (district), a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica * Cerro Catedral, a mountain and ski resort in Argentina * Cerro Catedral (U ...

, Santo Domingo, since the capital of the Dominican Republic was called "Ciudad Trujillo" from 1930 to 1961, after the dictator

Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...

, who renamed the capital after himself.'' Trujillo Cathedral (constructed 1647–1666) is the cathedral of Trujillo, Peru.

History

The most notable

maestro de capilla (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

of Trujillo cathedral, from 1721 to 1728, was the composer

Roque Ceruti Roque Ceruti (Milan c. 1683 or 1686 – Lima 1760) was an Italian composer in Peru. He was recruited as conductor of the Viceroy of Peru's private orchestra, and was a dominant italianizing influence during the period, though this was resented by s ...

, later maestro at

Lima Cathedral The Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima and Primate of Peru, otherwise Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the Plaza Mayor of downtown Lima, Peru. This third and current Cathedral of Lima was built between 1 ...

.Leslie Bethell The Cambridge History of Latin America 1984 -- Page 791 "From about 1721 to 1728 Ceruti directed music at Trujillo cathedral - returning to take the post of maestro de capilla at Lima on 1 August 1728. Ceruti's large extant repertory at the Archivo Arzobispal in Lima, La Plata cathedral, the Seminario .." Spanish painter

Leonardo Jaramillo Leonardo Jaramillo was a Spanish mannerist painter, active in the 17th-century in the Viceroyalty of Peru (present-day Peru). Biography Leonardo Jaramillo's birth date is unknown but he was probably born in Seville in the early 17th or late 16t ...

created the work ''Cristo de la columna'' (1643) which is located at this cathedral.

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