Esteban Salas (1725-1803) - Villancicos de Navidad

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Composer: Esteban Salas (1725-1803)
Work: Villancicos de Navidad (c.1783-1798)
Performers: Ars Longa de La Habana; Maitrise de la CathédraIe de Metz

01 ¿Quien ha visto que en invierno? (1787) - 0:00
02 Los bronces se enternezcan (villancico a la Virgen de los Dolores) - 7:36
03 Pues la fábrica de un templo (1783) - 13:00
04 Guerra viene declarando (1798) - 20:37

Drawing: Joseph Anton Dräger (1794-1833) - The Nativity

Further info: https://www.amazon.com/Cantus-Honore-Virginis-Esteban-2002-01-01/dp/B01AXMRR14
Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/3aQQ5paNnyRJOWK64DVVZQ

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Esteban Salas y Castro
(La Habana, 25 December 1725 - Santiago de Cuba, 14 July 1803)

Cuban composer and organist. Trained as a chorister at the church of San Cristóbal in La Habana, he later became both the organist and choir director there. He came to the attention of Bishop Pablo Morell, who appointed him director of music at the cathedral in Santiago de Cuba in 1764. There he reorganized the ensemble and taught from his residence in the seminary of San Basilia a Magro. His music is known by its lyrical simplicity and carefully constructed harmony. Works include 31 villancicos, 18 cantatas, 41 motets, seven Masses, seven Sequences, four pastorellas, five hymns, 12 antiphons, five Psalms, eight Lamentations, two litanies, and four Passions. He can be considered the most important composer in the Caribbean during this period. #ClassicalMusic