Pedro de Ardanaz
Pedro de Ardanaz
Genres: spanish, 17th century
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About Pedro de Ardanaz
Pedro de Ardanaz Valencia (Tafalla, September 21, 1638 - Toledo, October 11, 1706) was a baroque music composer and a chapel master. He probably began his musical studies in his hometown with local teachers, such as Agustín Berges and Bernardino de Olóriz, both organists. Teachers Miguel de Boneta and Juan de Isaba were also responsible for his training. At the age of 8, Ardanaz entered the Cathedral of Toledo on September 17, 1647, where he continued his musical training. He was a student of Tomás Micieces, the eldest, and a consciple of Miguel de Irízar and Matías Durango. In 1658 he obtained by opposition the magisterium of the Cathedral of Pamplona, a square he held for 15 years. From the capital of Navarre he went again to the Cathedral of Toledo as a chapel master, whose function was to teach the musical repertoire of musical chapels in cathedrals and similar temples and the direction of the instrumentalists as well as the voices of the singers and their intonation. The arrival at the address of the musical chapel of Toledo was made through a demanding opposition, which would later be an undoubted fame. Ardanaz was a chapel master in the Cathedral of Toledo until the day of his death, which was normal, since this cathedral was the most prestigious one to choose. He took office in his new position on August 3, 1674, succeeding Juan de Padilla. For several years the Cabildo of Toledo commissioned him to print the Christmas carols on Christmas Eve, since one of the obligations of the chapel masters was the composition of Christmas carols for Christmas and Epiphany. On April 11, 1713, 7 years after his death, the Cabildo paid his sister 40,800 maravedíes for the work that the master had left in the cathedral, which was inventoried and kept. Juan Bonet de Paredes succeeded him in office. Some of his musical legacy has probably disappeared, but thanks to the inventory of Rubio Piqueras (1928) a list of 9 titles of Ardanaz is given in the archive of the Cathedral of Toledo, although some of them specify missing. Ardanaz's prestige as a composer must have been more than remarkable in his time and the famous Francisco Valls - Baroque composer and musical theorist - in his handwritten work Mapa Harmoniónico Universal proposes Ardanaz as an example of good work, including a fragment of his Christmas carol Aguas suspended.
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