Sebastián Durón

Sebastián Durón (born April 19, 1660 in Brihuega , Guadalajara Province , † August 3, 1716 in Cambo-les-Bains , Basses-Pyrénées ) was a Spanish organist and composer .

Life

Sebastián Durón probably received his first music lessons from his stepbrother Diego Durón (1653–1731), and later from the organist of Saragossa, Andrés de Sola (1634–1696). In 1680 Durón became second organist at Seville Cathedral , and in 1685 he was appointed first organist. A year later he moved to the better paid position at the Cathedral of Palencia .

In September 1691 he became a member of the Real Capilla in Madrid. It was here that his stage works were created and Durón was also responsible for the music for other theater performances. After the death of King Charles II , the Habsburg line was extinguished. Charles' successor reorganized the royal chapel and Durón was retired. Because of his partisanship for the Habsburg counter-king Archduke Karl, Durón had to be exiled to Bayonne in 1706 in the wake of the queen widow Maria Anna von Pfalz-Neuburg .

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Durón created numerous sacred works in Latin and Spanish, including several masses, motets, Miserere, Invitatorien and Villancicos , some with instrumental accompaniment, as well as various organ compositions. His secular music includes the tonos humanos and several stage works ( zarzuelas ). Durón's operas stand on the threshold of traditional Spanish opera and the adoption of the Italian style, which emerges most clearly in his Zarzuela Veveno es de amor la envidia of 1711.

Web links

• List of the stage works by Sebastián Durón based on the MGG at Operone
• Sheet music and audio files by Sebastián Durón in the International Music Score Library Project
• Sebastián Durón: Gaytilla and Tiento . Music flowers in the gardens of the palaces. (Organ, 17th century, very close to the birthplace of Durón) on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life and work of Durón (in Spanish)