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WHY, USAD, WHY?!

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