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Maestro Madness
WHY, USAD, WHY?!
| 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 |