Dídac Roca i Segrià

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Dídac Roca i Segrià , Spanish also Diego Roca y Sagriá , (* 17th century; † 17th century) was a Catalan composer , organist and choirmaster of the Escolania de Montserrat .

life and work

Few details are known of Dídac Roca's biography. He was a student of Joan Marc at the Escola de Montserrat , who directed it from 1641 to 1658. The name Dídac Roca often appears in connection with the suffix "fra" (brother), which is why it is assumed that Roca professed the Benedictine rule. This hypothesis is also supported by the fact that Roca is referred to in other documents by the name “religioso bernardo” (Bernhard, the religious).

Dídac Roca was the organist in the Montserrat monastery. He was also head of the Escolania de Montserrat . From 1662 to 1664 he worked as organist in La Seu d'Urgell .

Villancicos , songs and sung romances for three and four voices as well as the work Estote fortes in bello for five voices have survived by Dídac Roca . Due to the fire in the monastery in 1811 due to the war, very few works have survived. These are all polyphonic and composed in the baroque style .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baltasar Saldoni: Efemérides de músicos españoles. Dubrull, Madrid 1860, p. 208 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Dídac Roca i Segrià. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Dídac Roca i Segrià. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.
  4. ↑ Cèsar Alcalà: La música a Catalunya fa 300 anys. Tibidabo, Barcelona 1994, ISBN 84-8033-018-X .
personal data
SURNAME Roca i Segrià, Dídac
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roca y Sagriá, Diego
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan composer, organist and choirmaster of the Escolania de Montserrat
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH 17th century