Juan Cedazo
Juan Cedazo
Genres: spanish, 17th century
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About Juan Cedazo
Juan Cedazo, also known as Zedazo, (Sigüenza, 1663 - Ávila, July 4, 1714) was a Spanish composer and chapel master. Little is known about Juan Cedazo. The capitulations of the Cathedral of Ávila speak of him as "Master of Capilla de Sigüenza recommends to the chapter of Ávila a 22-year-old sochantre waiter [...] he adds that he can inform the master Mizieces." It follows that he was born in Sigüenza in 1663. It is presumably educated musically in the Cathedral of Sigüenza. The first news of Cedazo is from 1680, when he presented himself unsuccessfully to the oppositions to the magisterium of the Cathedral of Palencia. On November 19, he faced Juan Bonet de Paredes, Matías Veana and Francisco Zubieta in the exam, who would finally get the place. In 1682 he re-submitted to oppositions to the position of chapel master, this time for the Cathedral of Calahorra. Again he was unsuccessful and the position was given to José Caseda. In the documentation of the oppositions it is mentioned that by then he was a chapel master of the Collegiate Church of Medinaceli (from 1682 to 1683), in the province of Soria. In October of that same year he presented himself to the oppositions at the Cathedral of Sigüenza, whose teaching had become vacant after Lillo's death. They attended the call, in addition to Cedazo, Matías Durango, Diego Durón, Diego Caseda, Pedro Ventura Enciso and Tomás Micieces. The teaching fell to Pedro Ventura. In 1683 he became interested in the teaching of the Cathedral of El Burgo de Osma, which had become vacant after the death of Andrés de Viana, but did not attend the tests due to illness. On October 28, 1684, Cedazo sent a letter of introduction to the council of the Cathedral of Ávila from Berlanga de Duero, where he was a chapel master at that time: Read a letter from Don Juan Zedazo. His date, in Berlanga on October 28, 1684, when he begged the Cavildo, will be used to give him a license, to make opposition and exercises to the chapel magisterium of this Sancta Iglesia, to which he will leave instantly, or to allow his works. And that if you like to find out about your ability, you can do it from Don Juan de Beano, teacher of the Barefoot, Mr. Don Juan Bonet; for having done with them exercises in Palencia, which understood by the Cavildo ordered, that I, the secretary, respond to them, saying send the works. Chapter Acts of the Cathedral of Ávila, 1684, vol. 82, f. 112 The departure of Juan Bonet de Paredes de Ávila to the teachers of Segovia had caused a series of teachers to write to the council of Ávila interested in the position. Among them, the master of the chapel of the Cathedral of Palencia; that of the Collegiate Church of Seville, Miguel Mateo de Dallo; that of the Collegiate Church of Logroño, Mathías de Durango; and that of the Cathedral of Oviedo, Vicente Pantoja, sent a letter. The council decided on November 17, 1684 to organize oppositions to fill the vacancy, which would be held in February of the following year. On February 22, 1685, the exams were held, which were presented by Juan Cedazo, Juan Gutiérrez de Rojas and Gerónimo Soler. In the vote, Cedazo came out as the winner, being officially named the next day: [...] And finished and regulated the votes by the lord deán in my presence, the said Juan Zedazo was elected for the most part, to whom the Cavildo was appointed, in said ration and magisterio ad nutum ad movibile, so that the sirba and fulfills its burdens, and enjoys its fruits, income and emoluments. Chapter Acts of the Cathedral of Ávila, 1685, vol. 83, f. 21 From the beginning, Cedazo showed his interest in the chapel, asking the council to be able to take a tenor and a sochantre from Sigüenza to Ávila, "which he thinks will be very on purpose to serve in it." As of July 11, Cedazo had not yet moved to Ávila and the constant trips from Sigüenza to Ávila had caused him some illness, since on that date he requested help from the council. Two days later, he is granted 250 royals of help to move his house from Berlanga to Ávila. Mr. Joseph Pando begs Cavildo on behalf of Don Juan Zedazo, master of the chapel of this Holy Church, to use the order to be given to be mesnadas, so that he can be kept in consideration of being in great need, and have no other effect than to be able to do so [...] Chapter Acts of the Cathedral of Ávila, 1685, vol. 83, f. 77, f. 107, f. 119, f. 123v. In 1686 there was a conflict between Cedazo and the council, because the teacher did not want to be ordered to agree with the provisions. In March 1686 the council tried to expel him from office, but it was finally not carried out and the teacher obtained a twelve-day permit in December to be ordered. The following year the council tried to count the twelve days he had on vacation, but they finally agreed not to do it. In 1694 he applied for the oppositions for the teaching of the Cathedral of Salamanca, vacant due to the resignation of Francisco Zubieta, one of the most prestigious positions in Spain, since he used to be joined the chair of music at the University of Salamanca. In addition to Cedazo, Vicente Pantoja, teacher of the Cathedral of Oviedo; Benito Bello de Torices, teacher of the Magisterial Church of Alcalá de Henares; Simón Martínez, of Madrid; Martín de Venayas, teacher of the Cathedral of Tuy; and Tomás Micieces, teacher of La Seo de Zaragoza), who got the position. And despite the conflicts with the council that existed over the years, "orijinated by his burning and natural strongness," Cedazo would fulfill his obligations as a music teacher. The teacher diligently requested the council when there was a lack of musicians and singers to maintain the quality of the metropolitan music chapel. Of his obligation to teach organ singing to anyone who requested it and to the six, whom he also kept at home, there were only complaints on three occasions, in 1686, 1689 and 1713. He remained in Ávila until his death, on July 4, 1714. Very few works by Juan Cedazo have been preserved. In Ávila only one Benedictus (1752) is preserved with eight voices and in El Escorial villancicos: Escuchen alegres (1689), a villancico de gitanas with eight voices, and Villancico de los poetas, also with eight voices.
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