Juan de Araujo

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Araujo was first chapelmaster at Lima Cathedral, Peru

Araujo's second appointment at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, in Cusco, Peru

Juan de Araujo (1646–1712) was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque.^[1]

Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. By 1670 he was nominated maestro di capella of Lima Cathedral, Peru. In the following years he travelled to Panama and most probably to Guatemala. 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 Bolivia, where he stayed until his death, and where he trained up to four notable música criollo composers including Blas Tardío de Guzmán.

Works, editions and recordings

Al arma, al arma valientes Jácara a 8 for Saint Ignatius of Loyola.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/history/composers/10219.php
↑ Tess Knighton, Álvaro Torrente -Devotional music in the Iberian world, 1450-1800: 2007 - "During his long tenure (1680- 1712) as chapelmaster at La Plata cathedral, Juan de Araujo wrote a Jácara a 8 for Saint Ignatius of Loyola, AI arma, al arma valientes

External links

Free scores by Juan de Araujo in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 32190278 LCCN: n78024360 ISNI: 0000 0001 0885 480X GND: 1014324742 SUDOC: 129559490

Persondata
Name	Araujo, Juan De
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish composer active in South and Central America
Date of birth	1646
Place of birth
Date of death	1712
Place of death

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