Juan de Araujo
Illustration — Araujo was first chapelmaster at Lima Cathedral, Peru • Illustration — Araujo's second appointment at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, in Cuzco, Peru Juan de Araujo (1646–1712) was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque. Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. In the following years he travelled to Panama and most probably to Guatemala.
Juan de Araujo
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- Born
- 1646 · Villafranca de los Barros.
- Died
- 1712 · Sucre.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- composer · chapelmaster
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Araujo was first chapelmaster at Lima Cathedral, Peru • Illustration — Araujo's second appointment at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, in Cuzco, Peru Juan de Araujo (1646–1712) was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque. Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. In the following years he travelled to Panama and most probably to Guatemala.
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Villafranca de los Barros.
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On his return to Peru, he was hired as maestro de capilla of Cuzco Cathedral, and in 1680 of Sucre Cathedral (then the Cathedral of La Plata) in Upper Peru (now in Bolivia), where he stayed until his death, and where he trained up to four notable música criolla composers including Blas Tardío de Guzmán.
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- 1.Una controversia sobre el origen del músico virreinal Juan de Araújo. 2341-3093.
- 2.Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. 1. 978-84-8048-309-4.
- 3.Araujo, Juan de. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01157.
- 4.Mantener el culto a pesar de la tormenta: los músicos de la Catedral de La Plata (1700-1845).
- 5.Carmen García Muñoz (+ 1998) : in memoria. 1515-050X.
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