Joaquín Jara (

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

, c. 1676 - Toledo, 1747 or 1756) was a Spanish composer. In 1715, when he was organist of

Valencia Cathedral Valencia Cathedral, at greater length the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia ( es, Iglesia Catedral-Basílica Metropolitana de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Valencia, ca-valencia, Església Cated ...

, Martínez initiated the five-year-long pamphlet war against

Francisco Valls Francisco Valls or Francesc Valls (Barcelona 1665/1671 - 2 February 1747) was a Spanish composer, theorist and '' mestre de capella.'' Among his most known works are the mass ''Missa Scala Aretina'' and tract ''Mapa Armónico Práctico''. Life In 1 ...

for the unconventional dissonances in the ''Miserere'' of Valls' ''Missa Scala Aretina''.Sutcliffe W. Dean, ''The keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and eighteenth-century musical style'' 2003 - Page 247

Works

* ''Los Desgravios de Troya'' (1712), composed for the birth of the crown prince, Don Philip, Infante of Spain, born at Madrid, June 7, 1712. The 1712 publication of the score was the first example of the publication of Spanish theatre music.

Discography

* selections from ''Los Desgravios de Troya'' (1712) on ''Canciones de amor y de guerra'', Maria Luz Alvarez, Clarincanto, Pneuma 390, 2002.

References

1670s births 18th-century deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Spanish Baroque composers Spanish male classical composers 18th-century classical composers 18th-century male musicians {{Spain-composer-stub