Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco

Given birth to in Spain and getting an appointment towards the support of Pedro Fernandez de Cadiz con Andrade, Torrejon con Velasco adopted his patron to the brand new Globe where he became the choir grasp in the Cathedral in Lima. His opinion was so extremely well known that musical decisions weren’t made in additional locales without his council. A lot of the music he made up had been vocal compositions dominated by villancicos and an opera, “La purpura de la rosa.” That is essential as the initial making it through opera from the brand new World. Torrejon con Velasco’s polychoral technique was lauded and his villancicos had been popular in locations as far eliminated as Guatemala.