Juan de Cáceres y Ulloa (1618–1682) was a Spanish nobleman and musician, who served as organist of
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity () is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina.[Río de la Plata
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, together with Juan Vizcaíno de Agüero.
Biography
Cáceres was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Alonso de Cáceres and María Coutinho, belonging to a noble Creole family of Spanish and Portuguese roots. His grandfather was
Felipe de Cáceres, who served as interim governor of
Paraguay
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between 1565 and 1572. His mother María, was daughter of Juan López and Isabel de Melo Coutinho, a noble woman descendant of
Vasco Fernandes Coutinho and
Pedro Álvarez Holguín de Ulloa.
Juan de Cáceres y Ulloa was a disciple of
Juan Vizcaíno de Agüero, organist of
Cathedral of Buenos Aires. He was hired in the post of organist of the Eglise, with a salary of 100
peso
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s a year, in replacement of Aguero. He took over the organ, and the
plainchant
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of the Cathedral, and he remained during a period of nearly 30 years.
References
External links
www.revistas.uchile.cl
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1618 births
1682 deaths
Spanish classical organists
Male classical organists
People from Buenos Aires
17th-century Spanish nobility
Spanish colonial governors and administrators