Melcior Juncà i Farré was a Catalan maestro de capilla, composer and music theorist. He was son of a musician, Jacinto Juncà. From 1798 to 1806 he was chapel master at the Cathedral of Tarragona. His treatise La Melopea desconocida describes a method based on speculative and practical division of the octave into twenty-four parts.

Works, editions, recordings

His output is primarily of religious music in Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

; Masses, antiphons, regrets motet

Motet

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s; and vernacular Spanish songs, tono

Tono

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s, and villancicos. His motet Beata mater was recorded in 2007.