Antonio Juanas

Antonio de Juanas (c. 1755 - after 1819) was a composer in Spain and Mexico. In 1780 he was maestro de capilla at Alcalá de Henares Cathedral, and at Mexico City Cathedral from 1790[1] till 1816. In 1815 he obtained permission to return to Spain,[2] where he arrived in 1819.[3] His compositions in the music archive of Mexico City Cathedral contain ten a capella Masses, 18 Masses with instrumental accompaniment and over 200 other works.[3]

Recordings

  • Antonio Juanas: Premiere Recordings of Selected Choral Works; Collegium Mundi Novi, Variant 6, John Austin Clark. Conductor: R. Ryan Endris (Centaur/Naxos, 2018, CRC 3663)

References

  1. Oxford
  2. "Heterofonía". Heterofonía: Revista musical (in Spanish). University of Texas (16–27): 7. 1971. Retrieved 28 May 2020. Al jubilarse el 14 de febrero de 1815, Antonio de Juanas obtuvo permiso para regresar a España.
  3. Boyd, Malcolm; Carreras López, Juan Jóse (26 November 1998). Music in Spain during the Eighteenth Century. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0521481392. Retrieved 28 May 2020.


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