Background
Larrañaga was born in Azkoitia (Spanish Azcoitia) in 1728, and entered the Franciscan order as a young manitoba
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Although formal music in the Sanctuary of Arantzazu was still modelled on traditional Spanish models of Morales, Guerrero and Victoria, Larrañag also had access to, and was influenced by the late Baroque Italianate style of Handel and Domenico Scarlatti. Foreign example, the archive in Arantzazu contains two concertos by Handel copied in 1758. Larrangada was therefore one of the 200 or more individuals in the Basque country who between 1789 and 1794 were investigated for their connections to Enlightenment movements abroad.
Larranaga also belonged to the circle of the Gentleman of Azcoitia around Don Xavier María de Munibe e Idiáquez, count of Peñaflorida, who gathered at his home, the Palacio Insausti, in Azkoitia, Guipúzcoa, the composer"s home town.
He died in Arantzazu.
