Juan Sesé y Balaguer (1736–1801) was an
Aragonese composer and
organist
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born in
Calanda in the Spanish ''
comarca
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'' of
Bajo Aragón. He died in
Madrid
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in 1801.
Some important works
*''Seis fugas para órgano o clavicordio, Op. 1''
*''Colección de piezas de música para clavicordio, fortepiano y órgano, Op. 6''
*''Preludio, Largo e Intento''
Bibliography
*Allanegui y Lusarreta, Vicente, ''Apuntes históricos sobre la Historia de Calanda'', Ayuntamiento de Calanda-Parroquia de la Esperanza-Instituto de Estudios Turolenses, 1998.
*Bielsa Arbiol, José Antonio, "Sobre Juan de Sesé, compositor calandino. Tras la pista de un ilustre desconocido", ''Kolenda'' nº 97, Febrero 2011, Calanda (Teruel), p. 14.
External links
Juan Sesé y Balaguer in ''Epdlp''Juan Sesé y Balaguer in ''Kolenda''
Spanish male classical composers
Spanish Baroque composers
Spanish Roman Catholics
Spanish Classical-period composers
People from Calanda
1736 births
1801 deaths
19th-century Spanish male musicians
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