Felipe Rodríguez (1759/60 – 1814/15) was a Spanish

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. Rodríguez was born in

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, possibly on 1 May 1760. At age ten, he went to the Escolania de Montserrat near

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, which has existed as a musical institution since the 14th century. He became a priest in 1783 and shortly afterwards returned to Madrid, where he became an organist. His extant compositions mainly include organ and keyboard sonatas.

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