Francisco Vicente Cervera (c.1690-1749)
- Lamentación sola con violines
Performers: Capella de Ministrеrs; Carles Mаgrаner (conductor)
Further info: Musica barroca Valenciana
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Spanish presbyter, organist, and composer. Likely educated at the
Collegiate Church of Mora de Rubielos and the Cathedral of Tortosa, he
began his professional career as the organist of Huesca Cathedral after
winning a competitive examination. In 1712, he secured the position of
organist at the Real Colegio del Corpus Christi in Valencia, succeeding
Juan Bautista Cabanilles after a formal competition against Francisco
Sarrió and Melchor Martínez. He held this post until his death in 1749,
also serving as interim maestro de capilla between 1743 and 1744.
Cervera was instrumental in the pedagogical training of his successor,
Miguel Narro. His compositional output includes polyphonic masses for 8
and 12 voices, psalms, and various sacred works in both Latin and the
vernacular. These manuscripts are preserved in several Spanish and South
American cathedrals, most notably an oratorio dedicated to Saint Rose
of Lima held at Sucre Cathedral (Bolivia), which serves as a significant
primary source for the study of Spanish liturgical music dissemination
in colonial territories.