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Domingo Crisanto Delgado Gómez (1806,
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, Spain – 1858, San Juan, Puerto Rico) was one of the most famous composers of the nineteenth century
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; and first organist of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in Puerto Rico.Música del Siglo XIX para la Catedral de La Laguna
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Early life

He born in 1806 in the town of
Güímar Güímar () is the name of a municipality, town and valley in the eastern part of the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province). The municipality extends for 102.9 square kilometers from ...
on the island of
Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...
. In 1821 he became a cantor in the music chapel of
La Laguna Cathedral The Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna or ( in Spanish) is a Roman Catholic church in Tenerife, Spain. Begun in 1904 and completed in 1915, it is dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios (patron of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristób ...
of his native island. Then he stood out for his talent and wrote numerous scores for the cathedral and the ''Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena''.


Career

Crisanto was choirmaster apprentice, his teacher was Miguel Jurado Bustamante, who was succeeded by Manuel Fragoso in 1828. Domingo Crisanto served as assistant sochantre as second organist at the La Laguna Cathedral and remarkable composer. He learned to play the violin and worked as a music teacher. After the death of Bustamante and due to the illness of Fragoso, Crisanto kept hoping to be appointed choirmaster at the La Laguna Cathedral, a distinction which would never happen.


Moving to Puerto Rico

For these reasons and looking for new professional horizons, he moved to
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
where he joined the music chapel of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista. In Puerto Rico he became one of the greatest musicians of this country, where he held the positions of 2nd sochantre, substitute organist and greater organist, the latter title he held until death; for the past eight years he was also a professor of organ and composition.Personalidades del municipio de Güímar del siglo XIX
/ref> When Crisanto was teacher had among its students and composer Felipe Gutiérrez y Espinosa turn one of the initiators of the future school of Puerto Rican composers.


See also

* List of Spanish composers


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delgado Gomez, Domingo Crisanto 1806 births 1858 deaths People from Tenerife Musicians from the Canary Islands Spanish composers Spanish male composers Puerto Rican musicians 19th-century composers 19th-century American musicians 19th-century American male musicians