Joan Cererols (1618-1680)
- Missa angelorum à 5
Performers: Maria Casado (soprano); Cor de cambra Francesc Valls; Pere Lluís Biosca (conductor)
Further info: Joan Cererols (1618-1680) - Missa pro defunctis (1651)
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Spanish composer. He joined the school choir at the Montserrat
monastery, conducted at that time by Maestro Joan March (also known as
Marquès or Márquez), with whom he received his first musical education.
In 1636, he acquired the status of novice and in 1648, when the upheaval
of the Catalonian War of Secession had already subsided, he was in the
convent of Montserrat founded in Madrid by the monks that had left the
Catalan monastery when the war broke out. The temporary stay of chapel
musicians from the monastery at the “Monserratico” in Madrid was a
frequent case in later periods, a practice that certainly followed the
purpose of broadening the training of future masters, making them become
acquainted with the practice and styles of the Crown’s royal chapel
choir. In Cererols’ case, more specifically in Madrid, he was able to
keep in touch with the most advanced music of the chapel of the Spanish
Habsburg kings conducted by Mateo Romero, known as the “maestro
capitán”, and Carlos Patiño. After the death of Joan March in 1658, he
was appointed choirmaster in his home monastery at Montserrat, a
position he held until his death.
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