Name Cristobal Galan | Role Composer | |
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Similar People La Grande Chapelle, Albert Recasens, Juan Hidalgo, Eduardo Lopez Banzo, Jose de Torres | ||
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Cristóbal Galán (ca. 1630–24 September 1684) was a Spanish Baroque composer.
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- Oygan los dulzes ecos crist bal gal n ca 1620 25 1684
- Fuentecillas lisonjeras crist bal gal n c 1625 1684
- Works
- Discography
- References
The first record of Galán is that in 1651 he was rejected as maestro de capilla in Sigüenza because he was married. From 1653 he was a singer and organist, then later maestro de capilla in Cagliari, Sardinia.; then from 1656 to 1659 in Morella, Castellon. From 1660 to 1663 he worked in Madrid, in an unknown position. From 1664 to 1667 he was maestro de capilla at Segovia Cathedral, then moving to the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, Madrid, where in 1680, five years after the death of Carlos Patiño, he became director of the capilla real. He died in Madrid.
In letters written in Madrid in 1675 and 1681 to Miguel de Irízar, Galán is cited as Madrid's principal composer of sacred music, since Juan Hidalgo de Polanco was only interested in writing tonos humanos. A generation later his style was still respected by Francisco Valls.
Fuentecillas lisonjeras crist bal gal n c 1625 1684
Works
As with other Spanish Baroque composers, many works were lost in a fire at the royal archives. None of his music for autos sacramentales by Calderón survives. Complete edition by J.H. Baron and D.L. Heiple.