Miguel Valls

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Miguel Valls (Carcagente, May 8, 1671 - Pamplona, February 23, 1738) was a Spanish composer and master of Valencian origin, known mainly for his musical activity in the Cathedral of Pamplona. Miguel Valls was born in Carcagente, Valencia (Spain) on May 8, 1671. He grew up in Valencia and his musical learning took place in Játiva, in 1686 he was admitted as a singing child in the Cathedral of Toledo.1 There, the Cabildo of the place took a monacordio for Valls to learn to play it. As soon as 1704, he directed the Music Chapel of the Cathedral where he was, after his teacher, Pedro de Ardanaz, retired. That same year he was appointed, without prior opposition, master of chapel of the Cathedral of Pamplona, in Navarre. Here relations with the Cabildo were complicated, especially due to the education of the infants. The Cabildo adopted some measures such as entrusting children to other educators. Finally, in 1735, Valls was exonerated from his obligations both in education and the rest of the teaching. Meanwhile, until the appointment of a new teacher, Andrés de Escaregui Mendiola and Andrés Gil took care of some of the duties of the teaching. In spite of everything, the musician maintained the title of chapel master until his death in 1738. Miguel Valls also intervened in the controversy unleashed by Francisco Valls' Scala Aretina (1702) Mass, a controversy that brought the confrontation between the defenders of traditional rules with supporters of introducing innovations in

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