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Muchas felicidades Juan Francés de Iribarren! 🙏🏼🍷 Composer: Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699-1767) Work: Dixit Dominus à 8 Performers: Arantza Irаñеta (tiple); Lola Elοrza (tiple); David Sаgаstume (alto); Jesús García Aréjulа (tenor); Nova Lux Ensemble de la Coral de Cámara de Pаmplonа; David Guindаno (conductor) Drawing: Pieter van den Berge (1659-1737) - Gezicht op de stad Málaga aan de Middellandse Zee HD image: Map: Joan Blaeu (1596-1673) - Navarra Regnvm (1643) HD image: Further info: ámara-de-Pamplona-Juan-Francés-de-Iribarren-1699-1767-Salmos-vil Listen free: No available --- Juan Francés de Iribarren (Sangüesa, bap. 24 March 1699 - Málaga, 2 September 1767) Spanish composer and organist. He was christened on 24 March 1699 at the Church of St. James the Great in Sangüesa. He was a choirboy at the Colegio de Cantorcicos, Madrid, under José de Torres, who in 1717 recommended him for the post of organist at the cathedral of Salamanca, where he remained for 16 years until 1733. In 1733 he came second in the competition for maestro de capilla at the cathedral of Málaga, and was awarded the position when the winner, Manuel Martinez Delgado, died suddenly. In 1741, Iribarren's salary was raised to prevent him taking the post of maestro di cappella of the cathedral of Valladolid, thereafter he remained in Málaga until his retirement, a year before his death. He was buried in the cathedral. As a composer, he wrote more than 800 works, mostly sacred and currently preserved in the Málaga cathedral archive. The style of his music is characterized by an infrequent use of the polychoral technique. He probably was the most prolific Spanish villancico composer of the 18th century; since his entire collection is dated (1722-1766).
