José Ángel Lamas
José Ángel Lamas (August 2, 1775 – December 10, 1814) was a Venezuelan classical musician and composer born in Caracas. He was the main representative of the classical period in colonial Venezuela. Author of the immortal sacred piece, Popule Meus, his most important and best known piece.
Also recorded as Jose Angel Lamas
José Ángel Lamas
- Name
- José Ángel Lamas
- Born
- 2 August 1775
- Birthplace
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Died
- 10 December 1814
- Nationality
- Venezuela
- Occupation
- composer · oboist
- Languages
- Spanish
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José Ángel Lamas (August 2, 1775 – December 10, 1814) was a Venezuelan classical musician and composer born in Caracas. He was the main representative of the classical period in colonial Venezuela. Author of the immortal sacred piece, Popule Meus, his most important and best known piece.
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It was composed in 1801, and premiered in Caracas Cathedral during the colonial-provincial period. Lamas, away from politics and the whirlpool of the independence war, dedicated his life to music and specifically religious music. He played the chirimía, an ancient medieval Spanish instrument, which preceded the oboe. Among his pieces are, En Premio a tus Virtudes (As a Prize to Your Virtues), Sepulto Domino (Sepulted Lord), Ave Maris Stella (Ave Star Mary), Misa en re (Mass in D), Benedicta et Venerabilis (Blessed and Venerable). Lamas died at 39 on December 10, 1814, and was buried in Saint Paul's church in Caracas. His bones were never found when later Antonio Guzmán Blanco demolished the church and subsequently built the Teatro Municipal de Caracas (Municipal Theatre of Caracas) on it.
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• Name — José Ángel Lamas • Born — 2 August 1775 • Birthplace — Caracas, Venezuela • Died — 10 December 1814 • Place of death — Caracas, Venezuela
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José Ángel Lamas died on 10 December 1814.
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- José Ángel Lamas (1775–1814) y el arte útil de Antiguo Régimen en Venezuela, Latin American Music Review, 2021
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