Joseph Escoriguela (1674-1743) - Al ver que María (1721)

Moltes felicitats Joseph Escoriguela! 🙏🏼🍷

Composer: Joseph Escoriguela (1674-1743)
Work: Al ver que María, a 7 (1721)
Performers: Harmonia del Pаrnàs; Marian Rosa Montаgut (conductor)

Painting: Anonimo (16th Century) - Alegoría del mes de Junio con el triunfo de Mercurio y el signo de Cáncer
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Engraving: Sébastien de Pontault de Beaulieu (c.1612-1674) - Tortose en Catalogne (1648)
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2pVqRQR

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Joseph (Josep, José) (Agustí Norberto) Escoriguela [Escorihuela]
(Morella, bap. 6 June 1674 - Tortosa, 26 August 1743)

Spanish composer. Son of Pere Joan Escoriguela and Anna Segura, and nephew of the composer Isidro Escoriguela (?-1723), he received music lessons from his uncle and Josep Vives. In 1695 he succeded his uncle as a 'maestro de capilla' at the cathedral of Tarragona, in a post he held until 1708. On 10 March 1708 he was appointed 'maestro de capilla' at the cathedral of Tortosa in a post he held the rest of his life. As a composer, he wrote over than 150 works, all of them sacred and mainly preserved in manuscript. During his life he enjoyed a considerable reputation, and his works, in manuscript, are widely distributed among various cathedrals in eastern Spain.