Juan Bautista Bruguera

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Juan Bautista Bruguera y Morreras (fl. 1750-1766) was a Spanish composer, music theorist and master of chapel. The origins of Bruguera are unknown, although it is known that it was formed in the Escolanía de Montserrat. In 1750 he presented himself to the oppositions for the magisterium of the Basilica of Santa María del Pino (Barcelona). Possibly that same year, after the death of the master Pedro Rodrigo, Bruguera succeeded him in the position of master of chapel of the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation of Madrid, according to what he himself affirms in his Apologetics [...]. In 1752, coming from Valladolid, the Magisterium of the Incarnation passed to José Mir y Llussá, so it is assumed that Bruguera no longer held the position. In 1759 he applied to the competitions for the teaching of the Basilica of Santa María del Mar, vacant due to the death of the teacher Salvador Figueras. He competed with Pablo Güell, Juan Montserrat (master of Torredembarra), Pablo Reynalt (of the Collegiate Church of Guissona) and Pere Antoni Monlleó, who won the oppositions. In 1763 he presented himself to the oppositions to the magisterium of the Cathedral of Toledo, primacy of Spain. Master Jaime Casellas had retired in 1762 and exams were held for his replacement, which Juan Rossell won. Bruguera finished second in the oppositions, again, as he says in his Apologetics. In 1765 he was a chapel master of Figueras (province of Girona). In 1765 he presented to the London Catch Club contest

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