José Cayetano Carreño Rodríguez (1774-1836)
- In Monte Oliveti (1801)
Performers: Miguel Fuentes (tenor); Orfeón Lamas; Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela;
Vicente Emilio Sojo (1887-1974, conductor)
Further info: José Cayetano Carreño
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Venezuelan organist, teacher and composer. Son of the chapel master of
the Caracas cathedral, Alejandro Carreño, and Rosalía Rodríguez, he
received music lessons from his father and his uncle, the organist
Ambrosio Carreño. He later attended the school of Pedro Palacios y Sojo.
On 7 August 1789 he was appointed as second organist in Caracas
cathedral. On 3 June 1796 he was promoted to choirmaster there in a post
he held the rest of his life. As a composer, his extant music includes
two masses and ten motets for chorus with orchestra or organ
accompaniment, and the 'Pésame a la virgen', a sacred piece with a
Spanish text that was set by other colonial composers. He also wrote a
set of 'Cuatro canciones patrióticas para el 5 de julio de 1824'. His
music shows the influence of the European Classical style. With simple,
largely homophonic vocal textures and a moderate orchestral
accompaniment, he often achieves music of great dignity and expressive
power. In 1793 he married to María de Jesús Muñoz with whom had eight
children, among them the musicians and composers Juan de la Cruz
Carreño, Juan Bautista Carreño, Ciriaco Carreño and Manuel Antonio
Carreño (1812-1874), whose daughter was the pianist and composer Teresa
Carreño (1853-1917).
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