José de San Juan (1685-c.1747)
- Misa à 8 voces | Con Violines y Trompas
Performers: Irasema Terrazas (soprano); Gabriela Thierry (mezzosoprano);
Flavio Becerra (tenor); Emilio Carsi (bass); Mexico City Chamber
Ensemble; Benjamín Juárez Echenique (conductor)
Further info: Mexico Barroco - Puebla IV
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Spanish composer. Born in Catalonia, he was trained as a choirboy at the
Cathedral of Sigüenza before moving to Madrid, where by 1707 he worked
as a composer and instructor for the Royal Chapel. After briefly
returning to Sigüenza as maestro de capilla following a competitive
examination (oposición), he was appointed maestro de capilla at the
royal monastery of Las Descalzas Reales in Madrid in 1711, working
alongside organist José de Nebra. In the musicological field, he
participated in the 'Valls controversy', writing a text that defended
Francisco Valls's use of an unprepared dissonance in the Missa Scala
Aretina. His surviving works, which include masses, villancicos, and
pastorelas, are preserved in Spanish archives such as Montserrat, El
Escorial, and the Sanctuary of Arantzazu, with some manuscript copies
dating up to 1751.
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