Isidro Escorihuela
Isidro Escorihuela
Genres: spanish, 18th century, 17th century
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About Isidro Escorihuela
Isidro Escorihuela, also as Escorigüela and Scorihuela in the spelling of the time, (Alicante, mid-seventeenth century - ibid., March 8, 1723) was a Spanish composer and master of Baroque chapel. He was a chapel master of the Cathedral of Tarragona, the chapel of the Collegiate Church of Játiva and of the Collegiate Church of San Nicolás de Alicante. Apart from his prestige as a chapel master, he is known for being a very orthodox composer, representative of the change of style that occurred between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. With Escorihuela begins a lineage of musicians: his nephew Josep Escorihuela, with whom his compositions are often confused by having the surname in common; the tenor Josep Vives and later Pascual Vives. Most likely Isidro was his nephew's mentor in musical training. He was a chapel master of the Cathedral of Tarragona, a position he held on October 6, 1672 to replace Benet Buscarons, and he would hold until 1677. In July 1677 he applied to the oppositions to fill the vacancy of cathedral teaching of Valencia at the Royal College of Corpus Christi in Valencia, but the place was granted to Aniceto Baylón. Later, that same year, he was appointed master of chapel of the Collegiate Church of Játiva, where he remained until 1690. During his teaching at the Collegiate Church of Játiva, in December 1686, he again objected to the vacancy of the Royal College of Corpus Christi, facing Josep Andreu, Jacinto Escobar, Francisco Sarrión and Máximo Ríos. On this occasion, despite being selected in first place, the place was awarded to Máximo Ríos. Consequently, Escorihuela filed complaints and numerous appeals, but without success. In 1690 he moved to the Collegiate Church of San Nicolás de Alicante. In Alicante he replaced Bautista Lillo and remained until his retirement in 1716, when Manuel Comeres succeeded him. His presence during the years of his Alicante headquarters was interrupted on several occasions from 1700 to 1707, being replaced by Pere Cunyat, Jordi Rodríguez, Tomás Garcia and Francisco Zacarías Juan, the latter master of the chapel of Santa María de Elche. He took sides with Francisco Valls in defense of the Escala Aretina Mass on August 25, 1715, positioning himself in the progressive line of the Hispanic composers of his time. According to Saldoni, Escorihuela died on March 19, 1723. However, there are other authors, such as Pedrell, Climent or Querol, who date his death on March 8, 1723. His works are preserved in the Royal College of Corpus Christi in Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Valencia, in the Musical Fund of the Parish Church of San Pedro and San Pablo de Canet de Mar and in the Library of Catalonia, although not in all the listed works his name and surname are found, which makes it difficult to attribution his authorship. Among his works are the Christmas carols with 4 and 8 voices, solo and 4-voice tones, psalms with 8 and 12 voices, motets with 4 and 6 voices and a mass with 12 voices. Ernesto Villar, musician and scholar of the Collegiate Church of San Nicolás de Alicante, attributes a 4-voiceed Office of the Deceas to Escorihuela.
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