Francisco Javier García Fajer
Francisco Javier García Fajer El Españoleto (Nalda, Logroño 2 December 1730 – Zaragoza 1809) was a Spanish composer of the Italianate galante school. He studied at the choir school at Zaragoza Cathedral. The Italian musical environment during the 1750s was characterised by composers on the threshold between galante and early classical such as Niccolò Jommelli and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
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Francisco Javier García Fajer
- Born
- 1730. · Nalda.
- Died
- 1809. · Zaragoza.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- composer.
- Fields
- opera and liturgical.
- Education
- Cathedral of the Savior in his Epiphany of Zaragoza and Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini.
- Teachers
- José Lanuza.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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García Fajer returned home as maestro de capilla of la Seo in Zaragoza 1756 till his death during the French siege of Zaragoza in 1809. García Fajer was out of favour for many years in Spain due to his promotion of Italianate musical idiom, however in recent years he has been rehabilitated and taken on his own merits as a galante composer. A conference dedicated to rehabilitation of his reputation and work was held at the University of La Rioja, Spain, in April 2007.
Francisco Javier García Fajer studied at Cathedral of the Savior in his Epiphany of Zaragoza and Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini. Training under José Lanuza is recorded. Cayetano Echevarría, Vicente Palacios and José Ángel Martinchique are recorded as having studied under Francisco Javier García Fajer. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and liturgical. Employment is recorded with Terni Cathedral and Cathedral of the Savior in his Epiphany of Zaragoza. Positions recorded include chapelmaster.
• Operas – Rome 1754, 1756 • Pompeo magno in Armenia libretto by Anastasio Guidi. • Oratorios – Tobias 1752 • Intermezzi – La pupilla. La finta schiava. • Masses • Psalms
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Nalda.
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• Oficio de Difuntos – Latin psalm settings. La Grande Chapelle. Schola Antiqua dir. Albert Recasens. Lauda. • Latin settings of the Seven words on the cross, Pater dimitte illis etc. – (modern Catalan title: Les set paraules de Crist a la creu) with motets by Joan Rossell and Melcior Juncà. Young Hee Kim (soprano), Montserrat Pi (contralto), Orquestra de Cambra Catalana dir. Joan Pàmies. La mà de Guido.
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