Question | Answer |
Was educated at Salamanca University. | Lazaro del Alamo |
The “most prolific composer of masses in Mexican history” (Woop de do for him) | Francisco Lopez Capillas |
The first native of Mexico City to become chapel master there. | Francisco Lopez Capillas |
Popularized Italian music in Peru. | Roque Ceruti |
Inept maestro replaced by Ignacio Jerusalem. | Domingo Dutra |
Founded a music press and conservatory | Jose Mariano Elizaga |
Imperial maestro for the newly independent Mexico | Jose Mariano Elizaga |
Notable for playing the organ and piano. | Jose Mariano Elizaga |
Puerto Rico’s most important 19th-century composer. | Felipe Gutierrez Espinosa |
Briefly dismissed for using inappropriate funeral music. | Gaspar Fernandes |
Wrote the character villancico “Tleycantimo choquiliya” | Gaspar Fernandes |
Hired Juan Gutierrez de Padilla as an assistant due to health problems. | Gaspar Fernandes |
Wrote a “Salve Regina” | Hernando Franco |
Considered the first great Brazilian musician. | Padre Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia |
Preserved 16 of Franco’s magnificats in the Franco Codex. | Juan Hernandez |
Music under his tenure declined so much that he had to be replaced by Mata. | Juan Hernandez |
Wrote the canonic Magnificat quarti toni for four voices. | Gutierre Fernandez Hidalgo |
Wrote “Kyrie” from Mass in D Major. | Ignacio Jerusalem |
Instituted many reforms in church music which at first were resisted, but then appreciated. | Ignacio Jerusalem |
Known for his challenging arias. | Ignacio Jerusalem |
Suspected by the Spanish Inquisition for his support of the French Republic. | Antonio Juanas |
He wrote two motets which were unusual for their triple meter. | Jose Loaysa y Agurto |
Replaced Juan Hernandez and restored musical quality. | Antonio Rodriguez Mata |
Wrote the first music manuscript by a Brazilian composer, Recitativo e Aria. | Caetano de Mello Jesus |
Known for his serious organ skillz | Jose de Orejon y Aparicio |
Dismissed for unknown reasons (sounds shady…) | Juan Gutierrez de Padilla |
Operated a shop that made and sold instruments | Juan Gutierrez de Padilla |
Was Maestro at Santiago for over 40 years. | Juan Paris |
King Joao VI’s favorite composer. | Marcos Antonio Portugal |
Known for his serious harpsichord skillz. | Matheo Tollis de la Roca |
His works marked a transition between Baroque and Classical. | Esteban Salas y Castro |
Taught music to Sor Juana and used her poems in his works. | Antonio de Salazar |
Wrote the first surviving opera from the New World, La purpura de la rosa | Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco |
Composed a Lamentation in 24 hours as part of his maestro competition. | Matheo Vallados |
Dismissed after his satire of the viceroy’s new tax policy. | Juan de Victoria |
The first mestizo maestro at the Mexico City Cathedral. | Manuel de Zumaya |
Composed Sol-fa de Pedro as part of his maestro examinations. | Manuel de Zumaya |
Wrote Partenope, the first opera by a New World native. | Manuel de Zumaya |