Fray Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c. 1595, in Cuenca – after 1638) was a Spanish

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composer and virtuoso player of the

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, a predecessor to the modern

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. He was an Augustinian friar who was employed at the archducal court at

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from 1628 to 1630, and was the son, or possibly grandson, of Bartolome de Selma (d. 1616), luthier to the Spanish royal chapel. His compositions include the ''Primo libro de canzoni, fantasie & correnti'' (Venice, 1638), and manuscript vocal works.Companion to Baroque Music - Page 343 Julie Anne Sadie Selma y Salaverde, Bartolome de (fl 1638).

Works

Selected works include: *''Primo libro de canzoni, fantasie & correnti'' (1638) *''Canzona a 4 sopra battaglia''

References

Spanish Baroque composers Spanish Renaissance composers 1590s births 17th-century deaths Spanish classical bassoonists Spanish male classical composers 17th-century Spanish classical composers 17th-century Spanish male musicians {{Spain-composer-stub