Manuel José Doyagüe
Manuel José Doyagüe
Genres: 19th century, 18th century, spanish
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About Manuel José Doyagüe
Manuel José Doyagüe Jiménez ( Salamanca , February 17, 1755 - Salamanca, December 18, 1842 ) was a Spanish composer who lived at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th. Although little is known about his life and work, he was an important personality in the Spanish musical scene at that time. There are around 200 of his musical works in the Salamanca Cathedral archive . Although he did not get his long-awaited chair of music at the University of Salamanca (despite he teaching there), he made important contributions to music in this city, from his position as choirmaster at the Cathedral and his participation in the founding of the Escuela of Nobles and Fine Arts of San Eloy. Manuel José Doyagüe Jiménez was born in Salamanca on February 17, 1755. He entered Salamanca Cathedral at the age of 9 as a choirboy, where he received his first musical lessons from the choirmaster Juan Martín (1709-1789). In this center he would develop his entire professional career, which followed the usual promotions until he became chapel master, a position he held when he died. There he had the obligation to compose and direct the necessary works for the worship and teaching of choirboys, and he had to live through convulsive moments such as the War of Independence, the Liberal Triennium and the successive confiscations that seriously affected his salary and working conditions. It is necessary to emphasize a fact that has been the subject of confusion on numerous occasions: Doyagüe was not the last professor at the University of Salamanca, but rather held the position of substitute there until shortly before obtaining the teaching position of the University. Cathedral. The professor's position became vacant in 1773, when the teacher Aragüés retired. A year later, in 1774, he was put out to tender for Royal Provision, but it was not until 1779 that Doyagüe took over the position of substitute. However, what he pursues is to be able to obtain the position of professor by opposition, something for which he will fight hard for years. Proof of this is a request made in the year 1782, in which he explains that he is carrying out his position: " to whose arduous work he subjected himself at the beginning and continued afterwards with the desire to be a meritorious opposition candidate, when in an open contest said professorship, considering [...] that the opposition against his hope was retarded ». And later, he says: «I beg the VA to issue the appropriate Order or dispatch so that edicts are set for said chair ». A year later, in 1783, the Royal Council of Castile commissioned two masters of the Court: Don Miguel de Rabassa , Master of the Royal Chapel and Antonio Rodríguez de Hita , Master of the Chapel of the Royal Monastery of La Encarnación , to prepare of a report with the practical and theoretical tests that those who presented themselves to opposition to said Chair of Music had to undergo. In 1781, he was appointed substitute for the chapel master, Juan Martín, given his high age. Upon the death of teacher Martín, the position remained vacant, to which prestigious teachers were chosen, who competed in harsh opposition with Doyagüe. On August 12, 1789, he will take possession of the magisterium of the chapel of the Cathedral of Salamanca. In 1800, the Cabildo of Salamanca commissioned him to design a "Plan to correct the abuses introduced into the choir and sing the office with due majesty." Doyagüe's prestige even made him be elected member of opposition courts to chapel master of other cathedrals. For example, the Zamora cathedral in 1813; or the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela , in 1825. His opinions were always fair and detailed. In 1817, Doyagüe and Francisco Olivares , the first organist of the cathedral, offered their music to King Ferdinand VII, on the occasion of the birth of his first daughter and his wife, Isabel de Braganza. The king accepted the offer and the subsequent transfer to the Court of both composers, who personally directed their music before the king and queen. Doyagüe presented his Te Deum in D major and his "Great Mass", both for two choirs and orchestra, and Olivares his "Escena de Abrádates y Panteá", Doyagüe's music was very successful and since then it has been regularly performed in Madrid. In 1831 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Madrid Conservatory, recently created by Queen María Cristina. He shared this distinction with composers of the prestige of Rossini. Doyagüe died in Salamanca, at his house on Calle del Acre, on December 18, 1842. A few months later, the city council paid him homage and decided to dedicate the street on which he lived to him. He is buried in the city cemetery with solemnity. In 1869, his remains were transferred to Madrid for his burial in the Pantheon of Illustrious Men, where they did not settle for less than 50 years after his death. The Cabildo claimed his body, which he returned to Salamanca in praise of the multitude and was finally buried in the Chapel of Santa Catalina, located in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Salamanca , where they currently rest.
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