Juan Cabanilles

Juan Bautista José Cabanilles , Catalan: Joan Baptista Josep Cabanilles (baptized on September 6, 1644 in Algemesí , province of Valencia ; † April 29, 1712 ibid) was a Spanish organist and baroque composer .

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Cabanilles began his musical training as a singer in the choir of his local church. He later trained as a priest at the Cathedral of Valencia , which also included music lessons. On May 15, 1665, at the age of 20, he became the cathedral's second organist. A year later, after the death of his predecessor, he became first organist. He was ordained a priest on September 22, 1668. He was organist for 45 years, but was represented several times from 1703 for health reasons. From 1675 to 1677 he was also responsible for training the cathedral's young choir members.

Many of Cabanilles' compositions are virtuoso and trend-setting. Most of his manuscripts are kept in the Biblioteca de Catalunya . Numerous compositions for organ ( Tientos , Tocatas , Pasacalles and other works) as well as several vocal works with up to 13 voices have been preserved.

In Spain, Cabanilles is sometimes also called the “Spanish Stream ”.

Audio samples

Tiento primer Tono lleno WSC 116 ^{? / i}

Tiento de Batalla de octavo Tono WSC 3 ^{? / i}

literature

• Arsenio Garcia-Ferreras: Juan Baptista Cabanilles. His life and work (Die Tientos for organ) (dissertation). Bosse, Regensburg 1973, ISBN 3-7649-2086-6 .
• M. Roubinet, "Juan Cabanilles", in: Gilles Cantagrel (dir.), Guide de la musique d'orgue , Éditions Fayard 1991, ISBN 2-213-02772-2

Web links

• Works by and about Juan Cabanilles in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Juan Cabanilles in the International Music Score Library Project