Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699 in
Sangüesa – 2 September 1767 in
Málaga
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) was a Spanish late baroque composer.
Life and career
Iribarren was christened on 24 March 1699 at the Church of St. James the Great in Sangüesa. He was a choirboy in the ''capilla real'' under
José de Torres
José de Torres y Martínez Bravo (16701738) was a Spanish composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher.
Biography
Torres was born in Madrid, where he served as organist of the ''capilla real'' from 1697. With the arrival of the House ...
, who in 1717 recommended him for the post of organist at the
Old Cathedral of Salamanca, where he remained for 16 years until 1733.
In 1733 he came second in the competition for ''maestro de capilla'' at the
Cathedral of Malaga, and was awarded the position when the winner, Manuel Martinez Delgado, died suddenly. In 1741, Irribaren's salary was raised to prevent him taking the post of ''maestro di cappella'' of the
Cathedral of Valladolid
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, thereafter he remained in Malaga until his retirement, a year before his death. He is buried in the cathedral.
Works
According to the ''
New Grove
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'' extant works include:
* 521 vocal works in Spanish:
:390 villancicos, 109 cantatas, 22 arias
* 385 vocal works in Latin:
: 120 motets, 69 psalms, 39 antiphons, 27 masses, 26 lamentations, 25 hymns, 21 misereres, 19 magnificats, 14 sequentia, 6 responsories, 5 invitatorios, 5 nunc dimittis, 4 Oficios de difuntos, 3 lecciones, 1 Stabat Mater, 1 litany.
Published editions:
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Villancicos
The ''villancico'' (Spanish, ) or vilancete ( Portuguese, ) was a common poetic and musical form of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America popular from the late 15th to 18th centuries. Important composers of villancicos were Juan del Encina, Ped ...
Discography
* 1990 – Cantatas Barrocas Españolas del siglo XVIII. Elvira Padín. Miguel Ángel Tallante. Conjunto instrumental. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. MEC 1017 CD. Madrid.
* 1994 – ''Quien Nos Dira de Una Flor. Viendo Que Jil, Hizo Raya'' on Barroco español. Vol.1. "Mas no puede ser". Villancicos, cantatas et al.. Al Ayre Español. Eduardo López Banzo (dir.). Deutsche harmonia mundi 05472 77325 2.
* 2005 – Villancicos y Cantadas. Sacred Songs And Dances from Latin America and Spain. El Mundo. Richard Savino. Koch International Classics 7654.
* 2007 – Iribarren: Salmos, villancicos y cantadas. Nova Lux Ensemble de la Coral de Cámara de Pamplona. RTVE música. Director: David Guindano Igarreta. RTVE Música 65274, D.L.: M – 48316 – 2006, RTVE Música, 2007.
Opus Musica – article and review in Spanish
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* 2008 – Serpiente Venenosa. Música en las Catedrales de Málaga y Cádiz en el siglo XVIII. Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla y Coro Barroco de Andalucía. Diego Fasolis
Diego Fasolis (born 19 April 1958) is a Swiss classical organist and conductor, the leader of the ensemble I Barocchisti. He has conducted operas in historically informed performance at major European opera houses and festivals, and has made award- ...
(director). Con María Espada (soprano), David Sagastume. Almaviva DS 0150
* 2009 – Arde el furor intrépido. Música de la catedral de Málaga en el s. XVIII. Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla. Diego Fasolis. Con María Espada y José Hernández Pastor :es:José Hernández Pastor (contratenor). OBS-Prometeo OBS 01
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Spanish Baroque composers
1699 births
1767 deaths
Spanish male classical composers
18th-century Spanish classical composers
18th-century Spanish male musicians