Matías Navarro

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Matías Navarro, » a native of Villa de Elig (sic)», spent his years as chapel master at Orihuela Cathedral, which he entered as a singer on December 13, 1678. Thus, as reflected in the chapter minutes of Orihuela, Matías Navarro, tiple , was admitted to the " percaços de cor ". Son of Luis Navarro, a musician from Santa María de Elx, he was appointed chapel master in 1686 to prepare the inauguration of the central nave of the new temple and the representations of the Festa (Misteri d'Elx): ». ..that Maties Navarro be named by Mestre Capella, fill of Luis Navarro » We know about Navarro's relationship with the Misteri d'Elx, thanks to the research of Juan Pérez (PÉREZ BERNÁ, J. (2007), La Capilla de Música de la Catedral de Orihuela: las compositions en romance de Mathias Navarro , University of Santiago de Compostela), that […] once the cults were installed in the new temple, the chapel master had to contribute to Posar the ministeri of the festivitat de Nostra Senyora in good shape if it could be amb músics de la terra . The words of this agreement record that between 1673 and 1686 the Misteri had undergone a notable alteration due to its transfer to another temple and economic precariousness. Therefore, a chapel master skilled in the direction and interpretation of the chapel was needed to return the Festa to its former splendor. […] Navarro assured an affective bond with the town and with the chapel, where he had developed his childhood and started his musical car

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