Sebastián Durón (19 April (baptized) 1660 – 3 August 1716) was a Spanish composer.
Life and career
Sebastián Durón Picazo was, with
Antonio de Literes
Antoni de Literes (18 June 1673 Majorca – 18 January 1747 Madrid), also known as Antonio de Literes or Antoni Literes Carrión) was a Spanish composer of '' zarzuelas''. As with other national forms of baroque opera, Literes's stage wor ...
, the greatest Spanish composer of stage music of his time. He was born in
Brihuega
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, Guadalajara, Spain, and was taught by his brother Diego Durón, also a composer. Sebastián served as organist and choirmaster at various cathedrals (
Seville
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,
Cuenca,
El Burgo de Osma
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,
Plasencia
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) until in 1691, when he was appointed organist of the
Royal Chapel
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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 ...
of
King Charles II in Madrid. The new king
King Philip V appointed him chapel master of this institution in 1701. He remained in this position until 1706, when he was suspended because of expressing support for
Archduke Charles of Austria
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during the
War of Spanish Succession
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, which ended with the victory of Bourbon
King Philip V. Durón was forced into exile in France. In 1715 he was appointed chaplain to the exiled queen
Mariana of Neuburg, the widow of Charles II, in
Bayonne
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. He died in 1716 of
tuberculosis
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at Cambo-les-Bains,
Aquitaine
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, France.
Although Durón composed many sacred pieces, and these and his ''
villancicos
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'' were taken to the
New World
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, his main influence was in the ''
zarzuela.''
[Grout Donald Jay A short history of opera 2003 p549]
Father
Benito Jerónimo Feijoo Benito may refer to:
Places
* Benito, Kentucky, United States
* Benito, Manitoba, Canada
* Benito River, a river in Equatorial Guinea
Other uses
* Benito (name)
* Benito (1993), ''Benito'' (1993), an Italian film
See also
* ''Benito Cereno'', ...
(1676–1764) criticised Durón, compared to Literes, for the worldliness of his compositions.
Stage works
* 1696 ''Salir el amor del mundo'' (libretto by ¿José de Cañizares?). Zarzuela in two acts.
* 1697 ''Muerte en amor es la ausencia'' (libretto by Antonio de Zamora). Mythological Comedy in three acts.
* c. 1697 ''Selva encantada de amor''. Zarzuela in two acts.
* c. 1701 ''La guerra de los gigantes''. 1 act.
* 1704 ''Hasta lo insensible adora'' (libretto by José de Cañizares). Zarzuela in two acts.
* c. 1705 ''Apolo y Dafne'' (anonymous libretto). Zarzuela in two acts (first act contains the music of Navas).
* c. 1705 ''Coronis'' (libretto by an anonymous poet). Zarzuela in two acts.
* 1711 22 January (revival date . Premniere c. 1706)''Veneno es de amor la envidia'' (libretto by Antonio de Zamora, possibly with the participation of José Cañizares). Zarzuela in two acts: Madrid.
* 1711 25 December (revival date. Premniere c. 1702) ''Las nuevas armas de amor'' (libretto by José de Cañizares). Zarzuela in two acts: Madrid.
Selected discography
* ''
Tonadas'' (Songs),
Raquel Andueza
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, cond. Eduardo Lopéz Banzo. DHM
* ''La Guerra de los Gigantes''—A Corte Musical, Rogério Concalves
Pan Classics, 2013
* ''Lágrimas, Amor - Arias for Soprano''—Eva Juárez, A Corte Musical, Rogério Concalves
Pan Classics, 2016
* ''Coronis'' - Le poème harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
Outhere
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, 2022
References
Bibliography
* Hudson, Barton (1961), ''A Portuguese Source of Seventeenth-Century Iberian Organ Music'', PhD, Indiana, Indiana University.
* Siemens Hernández, Lothar (1967), ''Six Tientos: Andrés de Sola y Sebastián Durón'', Paris, Éditions musicales de la Schola Cantorum, Orgue et Liturgie, n.º 74.
* Verdú, Paulino Capdepón; Juan José Pastor (eds.), (2013), ''Sebastián Durón y la música de su época''. Vigo: Editorial Académica del Hispanismo.
External links
*
Sebastián Durón Project (in Spanish)
Flowers of Music in the Gardens of Palaces (''Gaytilla'' and ''Tiento'' of Sebastián Durón / Organ, 17th century, close to the birthplace of Durón)
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1660 births
1716 deaths
18th-century classical composers
18th-century male musicians
18th-century musicians
Spanish Baroque composers
Spanish male classical composers
People from the Province of Guadalajara