Francisco Vicente Cervera (c.1690-1749) - Lamentación sola con violines

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Composer: Francisco Vicente Cervera (c.1690-1749)
Work: Lamentación sola con violines
Performers: Capella de Ministrеrs; Carles Mаgrаner (conductor)

Painting: Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) - The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
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Map: Domenico de Rossi (1659-1730) - Il regno di Aragona (1696)
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Francisco Vicente Cervera
(Mora de Rubielos, c.1690 - Valencia, 30 May 1749)

Spanish presbyter, organist, and composer. Likely educated at the Collegiate Church of Mora de Rubielos and the Cathedral of Tortosa, he began his professional career as the organist of Huesca Cathedral after winning a competitive examination. In 1712, he secured the position of organist at the Real Colegio del Corpus Christi in Valencia, succeeding Juan Bautista Cabanilles after a formal competition against Francisco Sarrió and Melchor Martínez. He held this post until his death in 1749, also serving as interim maestro de capilla between 1743 and 1744. Cervera was instrumental in the pedagogical training of his successor, Miguel Narro. His compositional output includes polyphonic masses for 8 and 12 voices, psalms, and various sacred works in both Latin and the vernacular. These manuscripts are preserved in several Spanish and South American cathedrals, most notably an oratorio dedicated to Saint Rose of Lima held at Sucre Cathedral (Bolivia), which serves as a significant primary source for the study of Spanish liturgical music dissemination in colonial territories.