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Francisco Javier García Fajer
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spanish18th century
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Francisco Javier García Fajer El Españoleto (Nalda, Logroño 2 December 1730 - Zaragoza 1809) was a Spanish composer of the Italianate galante school. He studied at the choir school at Zaragoza Cathedral. As a young man he moved to Italy, where he was chapelmaster of the see of Terni 1754-56 and gained his Italian epiphet Lo Spagnoletto, which he retained even back in Spain as El Españoleto. The Italian musical environment during the 1750s was characterised by composers on the threshold between galante and early classical such as Niccolò Jommelli and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. García Fajer returned home as maestro de capilla of la Seo in Zaragoza 1756 till his death during the French siege of Zaragoza in 1809. As part of his Italianate reforms the Spanish villancico was supplanted by the Latin responsory. García Fajer was out of favour for many years in Spain due to his promotion of Italianate musical idiom, however in recent years he has been rehabilitated and taken on his own merits as a galante composer. A conference dedicated to rehabilitation of his reputation and work was held at the University of La Rioja, Spain, in April 2007. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Fajer: Pompeo magno in Armenia, Act 3: "Grato oblio, soave pace" (Giulia)
7227 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: Introducción. Al calvário almas llegad
1737 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 5, Se dice Cristo que tiene
1747 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 1, Pues que fui vuestro enemigo
1457 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 7, A su Eterno Padre ya aria
1367 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 3, Jesús en su testamento
1377 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 2, Reverente el buen ladrón
1287 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 4, Desamparado se ve
1197 Palabras de Cristo en la cruz: No. 6, Con voz quebrada mi Dios
1110Siete palabras de Cristo en la cruz - Introduccion - Al calvario almas llegad
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