Ginés Pérez de la Parra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish musician
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Place of Birth: Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
About Ginés Pérez de la Parra
- Ginés Pérez de la Parra (c.
- 1548 – 25 November 1600), also known as Juan Ginés Pérez, was a Spanish composer during the Renaissance.
- He was born in Orihuela, a city in what is now the province of Alicante.
- His work and that of his contemporaries led to the formation of a stylistic school of music known as "valenciana." Pérez spent five years of his life working as a musical composer in the Cathedral of Orihuela, directing a cappella music from 1581 to 1585.
- The music he composed was also used in many Spanish cathedrals, but the majority of his compositions remained incomplete.
- Today the largest collection of his work is held in Zaragosa.
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