Antonio De Salazar's lyrics & chords

Antonio de Salazar (c.1650–1715) was a Mexican composer. Salazar was born in Seville, Spain. He arrived in New Spain in 1688 as chapel master of Puebla Cathedral, then later held his final position at Mexico City Cathedral. It is unknown if he had any direct connection to Oaxaca Cathedral though some of his compositions are found in manuscript there. He died in Mexico City, Mexico. In his sacred Latin works Salazar was noted for a strict contrapuntal style harking back to Palestrina. The musicologist Bruno Turner considers that Salazar "rep...read more