Francisco Gueráu
Francisco Gueráu
Genres: spanish, 17th century
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About Francisco Gueráu
Francisco (or Francesc) Gueráu (Palma de Mallorca, August 25, 1649 - Madrid, October 25, 1722) was a Spanish composer and composer. He worked in the Royal Chapel of Madrid under the reign of Charles II. Author of the famous Harmonic Poem (1694). Son of Pedro Luis Garáu and Hierónima Femenia, and brother of Anna (1652), another Anna (1645), Joana (1647) and Gabriel, a musician and who also worked as Francisco at the court of Madrid. This baroque composer entered in 1659 as a singer in the Royal College of Children Singers of the Royal Chapel. Ten years later, in 1669, he entered the Royal Chapel as a contralto and, in 1693, he obtained a place as a chamber musician from King Charles II. The same year of publication of the book Poema harmonic composed of several figures by the temper of the Spanish guitar (Madrid, 1694), he was appointed Maestro del Real Colegio de Niños Cantores. This last position was held until in 1701 it was replaced by the new chapel master, Sebastián Durón. Guerau's book (harmonic poem), contains only pieces in dotted style, preceded by an introduction that explains the principles of notation in tablature and advises techniques, ornamentation, etc. The 40 compositions, all within the genre of variation, are divided into ten works based on Spanish dances (jácaras, canaries, españoleta, folías, marionas, etc.) and 30 extensive parades praised by Santiago de Murcia in his Summary of accompanying the part with the guitar (1714).
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