Melcior Juncà
Melcior Juncà i Farré (Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Ripollès, 1757 - Tarragona, 1824) was a Catalan maestro de capilla, composer and music theorist. He was son of a musician, Jacinto Juncà. From 1798 to 1806 he was chapel master at the Cathedral of Tarragona. His treatise La Melopea desconocida describes a method based on speculative and practical division of the octave into twenty-four parts.[1]
Works, editions, recordings[]
His output is primarily of religious music in Latin; Masses, antiphons, regrets motets; and vernacular Spanish songs, , and villancicos. His motet Beata mater was recorded in 2007.[2]
References[]
- ^ Anna Cazurra in Història de la Música Catalana, Valenciana i Balear, Volume X, page. 23 Edicions 62 (ISBN 84-297-5329-X)
- ^ Booklet to recording
External links[]
- Free scores by Melcior Juncà in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Categories:
- 1757 births
- 1824 deaths
- Spanish composers
- Spanish male composers