Joan Romanyà

Joan Romanyà , OSB , Spanish also Juan Romaña , (* around 1615 or earlier in Piera ; † 1643 or later in Montserrat Monastery ) was a Catalan Benedictine monk , conductor , organist and composer of the Montserrat Monastery .

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Joan Romanyà came to the Montserrat monastery for musical training in 1623. He was trained by Father Joan Marc and was one of his outstanding students. 1632 he became a monk in the Benedictine abbey one.

From 1640 to 1650 Joan Romanyà was organist and conductor of the Montserrat monastery. In addition to the musical functions, Romanyà took on some administrative functions in the monastery. He was prior of Castellfollit and Riudebitlles . He was also a novice master . As a theologian, he was best known as a moral theologian .

Although the musicologist Baltasar Saldoni gives 1643 as the year of death for this monk of the Montserrat monastery, he is mentioned in a contract for the benefit of school children in the seminary of Our Lady of Montserrat in 1650 by Brother Jaume Martí i Marvà as one of the best living musicians of the monastery.

He wrote Gallardes and Toccatas for ceremonial occasions, none of which have been recorded.

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Enciclopèdia Catalana: Joan Romanyà. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana . Retrieved February 9, 2020 (Catalan).
Enciclopèdia Catalana: Joan Romanyà. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música . Retrieved February 9, 2020 (Catalan).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Baltasar Saldoni: Efemérides de músicos españoles. Dubrull, Madrid 1860, p. 210 ( digitized in the Google book search).
↑ The year of birth and death are both not absolutely certain. Especially with regard to the year of death, the information varies widely. The Enciclopèdia de la Música considers a death after 1650 to be possible. The Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana assumes the year of death 1687, which was much later.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joan Romanyà. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Joan Romanyà. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.

personal data
SURNAME	Romanyà, Joan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catalan Benedictine monk, conductor, organist and composer of the Montserrat monastery
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: before 1615
PLACE OF BIRTH	Piera
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: after 1643
Place of death	Montserrat Monastery

[:2-1] Baltasar Saldoni: Efemérides de músicos españoles. Dubrull, Madrid 1860, p. 210 ( digitized in the Google book search).

[2] The year of birth and death are both not absolutely certain. Especially with regard to the year of death, the information varies widely. The Enciclopèdia de la Música considers a death after 1650 to be possible. The Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana assumes the year of death 1687, which was much later.

[:0-3] Joan Romanyà. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.

[:1-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Joan Romanyà. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.