Padre Sojo
Padre Sojo ( Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia ; born January 17, 1739 at the Hacienda Sojo near Guatire , † 1799 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan priest and music teacher. The cleric, who came from a wealthy family, was one of the most important promoters of Venezuelan music in the 18th century.
Padra Sojo studied at the Caracas Seminary and was ordained a priest in 1762. After a trip to Europe in 1769, he founded the Oratorio San Felipe Neri , which was dedicated to the cultivation of church music.
Around 1784 he founded the Academia de Música in Caracas, as its director he appointed Juan Manuel Olivares . In the thirteen years that the Academia existed until Olivares' death, it included José Ángel Lamas , Juan José Landaeta , Juan Francisco Landaeta , Cayetano Carreño , Isaza Velásquez , Juan José and José Antonio Caro de Boesi , Lino Gallardo , Bernabé Montero , Marcos Pompa , Juan Meserón , José Izaza , Atanasio Bello Montero , Pedro Pereira , Mateo Villalobos and Dionisio Montero among their students.
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| SURNAME | Sojo, padre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan priest and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Guatire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1799 |
| Place of death | Caracas |