Cayetano Pagueras (c.1740-c.1810)
- Missa a cuatro voces
Performers: Camerata Vocale Sine Nomine; Orquesta del Instituto Superior
de Arte adjunta al Lyceum Morzantiano de La Habana; Leonor Suárez y
José Antonio Méndez (dirección)
Further info: Cayetano Pagueras (c.1740-c.1810) - Missa a cuatro voces
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Spanish composer and organist mainly active in Cuba. He was born on an
unknown date in Barcelona, the city where he lived and studied for the
first years before settling in Cuba, where he is believed to have
arrived around 1750. There he possibly received lessons from Esteban
Salas, the most prominent Cuban composer of his time. From 1779, and
commissioned by Manuel Lazo de la Vega, he regularly began composing for
the many religious services. At the same time, he ran for the position
of chapel master in Puebla, Mexico, and in the same Cathedral of the
Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Havana, in both cases
without success. It was in this way that he devoted himself to singing,
as a contralto, and organist of the Cathedral. He continued composing
music and regularly performing in the religious ceremonies until 1810,
when he is believed to have died in the Cuban city.
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