Juan Bonet de Paredes
Juan Bonet de Paredes
Genres: spanish, 17th century
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About Juan Bonet de Paredes
Juan Bonet de Paredes (Orihuela, ? - Toledo, February 25, 1710) was a Spanish composer and conductor of the 17th century. He was master of chapel of Berlanga de Duero, Soria; master of chapel of the Cathedral of Ávila; notary of the Court of the Inquisition of Toledo; chaplain of Las Descalzas Reales of Madrid and master of chapel of the Cathedral of Toledo. The exact date of his birth is unknown, the only thing that is known is that he was originally from Orihuela, in the province of Alicante. Master of chapel in November 1680 in Berlanga de Duero (province of Soria), he opposed the teaching of Palencia and did not obtain the place, so it is presumably that he returned to his previous job in Berlanga de Duero. Two years later he moved to Madrid, because at the beginning of 1682 the council of Ávila tried to find a successor to the master Gaspar de Liceras Isla, who died on December 24 of the previous year, his name was quickly proposed, and he appears in the minutes as a resident in the town of Madrid. On February 26, he took possession of the ration and position of chapel master. In 1683 he opposed the teaching of the Royal Barefoot of Madrid, but apparently this time it was not granted to him, since in the following months he continued to appear and act as a chapel master of the Cathedral of Ávila. It is known that in June 1684 he was sick in Madrid. Finally, on September 27, 1684, he asked to go to Segovia "for specifying his ailments to change his air." The Cabildo granted it to him and moved. That year he was given a chaplaincy, which proves that he was a priest. In 1685 he was increased by thirty ducats out of the 250 he had in salary in the ration of the choir waiters "for the good teaching and assistance he has for them." He was dismissed from office in 1686 for an incident with a canon in the Sunday procession, but in 1690, to judge the works that the opponents of the chapel magisterium had composed, they were sent to him: the chapter acts speak at that time of the "Master of the chapel of the convent of the Royal Incarnation of Madrid." This is also stated in a document of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in 1690, when that Cabildo sent him the works of the opponents of a chapel master to judge them, which proves, once again, the high reputation he enjoyed throughout Spain. Barbieri provides other data, about himself, taken from the cathedral of Toledo, such as that he was a native of Orihuela, although he does not give the date of his birth. He also says that when he was young his parents sent him to Madrid and adds that in 1688 he was appointed notary of the Court of the Inquisition of Toledo and the 1691 chaplain of the Barefoot of Madrid. On November 5, 1706 he was appointed MC of the cathedral of Toledo as the successor of Pedro Ardanaz, taking possession of the magisterium on July 1, 1707. He continued in Toledo until his death on February 25, 1710.
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