Diego Pontac, later in life Diego de Pontac (

Loarre Loarre is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Spain. As of 2010, it had a population of 371 inhabitants. See also * Loarre Castle The Castle of Loarre is a Romanesque Castle and Abbey located near the town of the same name, Huesca P ...

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Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, 1654) was a Spanish composer. He began his career as a pupil at Saragossa Cathedral, and ended his career at the Court of Madrid as ''teniente de maestro'' (deputy master) of the

Royal Chapel A royal chapel is a chapel associated with a monarch, a royal court, or in a royal palace. A royal chapel may also be a Chapel (music), body of clergy or musicians serving at a royal court or employed by a monarch. Commonwealth countries Both ...

Philip IV of Spain Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered f ...

.Rudolf Rasch The circulation of music in Europe 1600-1900: 2008 Page 10 "First, there is the case of the maestro Diego de Pontac (1603-1654) who by finishing his career at the Court of Madrid as ''teniente de maestro'' (Deputy Master) of the Royal Chapel of Philip IV is paradigmatic for the great mobility of Spanish ..."

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