Bartomeu Càrceres (

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pronunciation: əɾtuˈmɛu ˈkaɾsəɾəs, Bartolomé Cárceres in castillian, (

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1546) was a Spanish composer, notably of '' ensaladas.''

Biography

The sole verifiable biographical fact known about him is the record in 1546 of a payment of 72 ducats to him as "carrier of the books" to the capella of the Duke of Calabria, Fernando de Aragón. His salary was half that of the '' maestro de capilla,'' Juan de Cepa.''Història de la música catalana, valenciana i balear: Diccionari'' ed. Roland de Candé - 2003 "La seva personalitat, encara quasi totalment desconeguda, s'associa al personatge amb aquest nom que apareix en un document de pagament de 1546 com a pautador de los libros de la capella del duc de Calàbria Ferdinand of Aragon," Manuscript M1166-M1967 of the

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includes works by both Càrceres and Cepa. For example, the ''

villancico 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, P ...

'' ''Soleta y verge'', an adaptation of a secular song from the '' Cancionero de Upsala'' appears in a version for three voices by Càrceres and a variation developed from this for five voices with refrain by Cepa.

Works

Sacred works * ''Missa de desponsatione beatae Mariae'' * ''Elegit sibi Dominus'' * ''Vias tuas, Domine'' * ''Lamentation Lamech - O vos omnes'' Secular works * ''Al jorn del judici'' * ''Soleta yo so / Soleta y verge'' * ''Falalalanlera'' * ''Toca Juan tu rabelejo'' * ''Remedio del primer padre'' * ''Nunca tal cosa se vio'' * ''ensalada'': ''La trulla'' ("Hubbub")

Recordings

* Bartomeu Càrceres - Villancicos & Ensaladas.

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* Bartomeu Càrceres - Ensaladas.

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, 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carceres, Bartomeu Composers from Catalonia Spanish Renaissance composers 16th-century Spanish composers Spanish male classical composers