Joan March (composer)
Joan March , old Catalan Joan Marc , also Hispanicized Juan Marqués or Juan Marquéz , (* 1582 in Arbeca , † 1658 in Montserrat Monastery ) was a Spanish Benedictine monk , composer and organist from the Catalan cultural area.
life and work
March received his musical training at the Escolania de Montserrat and entered the novitiate in 1596 . He completed his theological and musical studies in the monastery of St. Martin in Madrid . He succeeded Tomás Luis de Victoria as organist of the imperial monastery Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales near Madrid. In 1625 he returned to the Montserrat monastery and worked as a music teacher until 1641; his students included the composers Francesc Rossell , Jaume Vidal , Joan Cererols and Benet Soler, as well as the organist Pere Jorba . March is the first composer of the montserratin school whose works have come down to us in writing. He created a remarkable oeuvre of great quality, much of which has been lost.
Recordings / sound carriers
- Musica sacra: polifonia de l'escola de Montserrat; 400 anys de musica Montserrat p. XVII. Escolanía de Montserrat, Gregori Estrada (organist), Ireneu Segarra (conductor). CD Koch 3 64 852. 1993
Works
- Missa de difunts , eight voices
- O vos omnes four-part
- various Christmas carols ( Cervatilla querida )
Web links
- Joan Marc. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana . Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed April 13, 2020 (Catalan).
- Joan Marc. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música . Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed April 13, 2020 (Catalan).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baltasar Saldoni: Efemérides de músicos españoles. Dubrull, Madrid 1860, p. 185 ( digitized in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | March, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marc, Joan; Marqués, Juan; Marquéz, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Benedictine monk, composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1582 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arbeca |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1658 |
| Place of death | Montserrat Monastery |