Juan Francés de Iribarren (Sangüesa

Sangüesa

Sangüesa is a city in Navarre, Spain, 44.5 kilometers from Pamplona. It is close to the River Aragon and is located on the Way of Saint James. It has been an important stopping point for pilgrims since the Middle Ages...

, 1699 - Málaga

Málaga

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

, 2 September 1767) was a Spanish late baroque composer.

Iribarren was christened on March 24, 1699 at the Church of St. James the Great in Sangüesa. He was a choirboy in the capilla real under José de Torres

José de Torres

José de Torres y Martínez Bravo was a Spanish composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher.Torres was born in Madrid, where he served as organist of the capilla real from 1697. With the arrival of the Bourbons, Torres was expelled from the capilla, but avoided exile and was rehabilitated...

, who in 1717 recommended him for the post of organist at the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, where he remained for 16 years until 1733. In 1733 he came second in the competition for maestro de capilla at the Cathedral of Malaga

Cathedral of Malaga

Cathedral of Málaga is Renaissance church in Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located inside the limits that the missing Arab wall marked, forming a great architectonic set with the nearby Alcazaba and the Castle of Gibralfaro. It was constructed between 1528 and 1782, following the plans...

, and was awarded the position when the winner, Manuel Martinez Delgado, died suddenly. In 1741, Irribaren's salary was raised to prevent him taking the post of maestro di cappella of the Cathedral of Valladolid

Cathedral of Valladolid

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Assumption , better known as Valladolid Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Valladolid, Spain...

, thereafter he remained until his retirement, a year before his death. He is buried in the cathedral.

Works

According to the New Grove extant works include:

• 521 vocal works in Spanish:

390 villancicos, 109 cantatas, 22 arias

• 385 vocal works in Latin:

120 motets, 69 psalms, 39 antiphons, 27 masses, 26 lamentations, 25 hymns, 21 misereres, 19 magnificats, 14 sequentia, 6 responsories, 5 invitatorios, 5 nunc dimittis, 4 Oficios de difuntos, 3 lecciones, 1 Stabat Mater, 1 litany.

Published editions:

• Villancicos

Discography

• 1990 - Cantatas Barrocas Españolas del siglo XVIII. Elvira Padín. Miguel Ángel Tallante. Conjunto instrumental.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. MEC 1017 CD. Madrid.
• 1994 - Quien Nos Dira de Una Flor. Viendo Que Jil, Hizo Raya on Barroco español. Vol.1. "Mas no puede ser". Villancicos, cantatas et al.. Al Ayre Español. Eduardo López Banzo (dir.). Deutsche harmonia mundi 05472 77325 2.
• 2005 - Villancicos y Cantadas. Sacred Songs And Dances from Latin America and Spain. El Mundo. Richard Savino. Koch International Classics 7654.
• 2007 - Iribarren: Salmos, villancicos y cantadas. Nova Lux Ensemble de la Coral de Cámara de Pamplona. RTVE música. Director: David Guindano Igarreta. RTVE Música 65274, D.L.: M – 48316 - 2006, RTVE Música, 2007.
• 2008 - Serpiente Venenosa. Música en las Catedrales de Málaga y Cádiz en el siglo XVIII. Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla y Coro Barroco de Andalucía. Diego Fasolis (director). Con María Espada (soprano), David Sagastume. Almaviva DS 0150
• 2009 - Arde el furor intrépido. Música de la catedral de Málaga en el s. XVIII. Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla. Diego Fasolis. Con María Espada y José Hernández Pastor :es:José Hernández Pastor (contratenor). OBS-Prometeo OBS 01