José Juan Santesteban (
San Sebastián
San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...
, 26 March 1809 – San Sebastián, 13 January 1884
[Diccionario de la música y los músicos – Volume 3 – Page 152 Mariano Pérez Gutiérrez – 1985 "SANTESTEBAN, José Juan (San Sebastián, 1809 – San Sebastián, 1884). Comp. vasco, gran propulsor del movimiento musical donostiarra. Escribió la zarzuela La Tapada, unas 22 misas, Método teórica-práctico de Canto Llano, etc.)]) was a Basque composer, father of
José Antonio Santesteban
José Antonio Santesteban (San Sebastián, 18 October 1835 – San Sebastián, 21 September 1906) was a Basque composer, the most famous of the musical family of that name (his father was José Juan Santesteban and his son was pianist Jesús de S ...
. In 1844 — 1879 he was organist in
Santa Maria, Donostia.
Works
* ''La Tapada'', Spanish
zarzuela
() is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of ...
* 22 masses
* Método teórica-práctico de
Canto llano
* Método elemental de solfeo
References
External links
José Juan Santesteban in Enciclopedia Auñamendi
Basque classical composers
1809 births
1884 deaths
19th-century composers
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