Manuel Narro Campos (1729-1776)
- Concierto De Clave Con Violines, Viola y Violón Obligados (1767)
Performers: Silvia Márquez (harpsichord); La Tempestad
Further info: Iberian Harpsichord Concertos
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Spanish composer, organist and theorist. According to a document from
1738 he was baptised in the parish church of San Esteban in Valencia and
it also stated he was a choirboy at the College of Corpus Christi (El
Patriarca) in Valencia. When he was 18 years old he was appointed
assistant of Francisco Vicente, the main organist there. In 1749, and
after the death of Francisco Vicente, he was subsquently promoted as
interim organist there. From 1752 to 1771 he was titular organist at the
Collegiate Church of Játiva where he was ordained a priest. In 1757 he
unsuccessfully applied to the position of chapel master at the Cathedral
of Valencia and in 1761 he was appointed the organist there but he only
remained few months before going back to Játiva. In 1768 he fruitlessly
applied for the vacant position of chapel master at the Cathedral of
Málaga and applied, also unsuccessfully, for a position as organist at
the Royal Chapel of Madrid, which was awarded to José Lidón. In 1771 he
resigned from his position as organist in Játiva, presumably to take
over the organist post at the Descalzas Reales in Madrid. Around 1775 he
returned to Valencia where he died few months later. As a composer, he
mainly wrote sacred music, among them, 7 masses and 26 psalms. He also
left an harpsichord concerto (1767) as well as 7 keyboard sonatas. His
extant output, around 70 works, is only preserved in manuscript.
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