Josep Vinyals i Galí (1772-1825) - Sonata per a orgue (1797)
Performers: Montserrat Torrent (orgue)
Further info: L'Orgue de Maó - Obres del S.XVIII
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Spanish monk, organist and composer. He received his musical training at
the Escolania de Montserrat under Anselm Viola and Narcís Casanoves,
which whom he learned to play the organ, violin and cello. In 1791, he
entered the Montserrat abbey as a monk and from 1799 onwards, he took
over the post of choirmaster. During this period, he wrote a large
corpus of liturgical music to perform at the same abbey. As organist
there, he also wrote a large amount of organ music, compiled in a
collection (1797). After the Napeoleonic war and the consequent
destruction of the abbey, he came back to Terrassa where he assumed an
organist post at the parish church. He also was in charge of recovering
the Montserrat music lost during the Napoleonic war. He spent his last
years at the monastery of Sant Benet de Bages.
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