Gabriel Díaz Bessón
Gabriel Díaz (Bessón) (* around 1590 in Madrid (?); † after 1631 there) was a Spanish conductor and composer .
He first worked in his hometown as the vice-choirmaster of the royal chapel and also as a conductor in the Encarnación monastery, after which he moved to Lerma , Granada and Córdoba , before taking over the position of conductor at the Descalsas Reales monastery in Madrid in 1631.
Nothing has survived of his work as a composer of sacred works, as everything was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake in Lisbon. Only a few of his secular compositions have survived.
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| SURNAME | Díaz Bessón, Gabriel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Díaz, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1631 |
| Place of death | Madrid |