Background
José de Nebra was born in Calatayud and was taught by his father, José Antonio Nebra Mezquita (1672–1748), organist and master of choirboys at the Cathedral of Cuenca 1711-1729.
José de Nebra was born in Calatayud and was taught by his father, José Antonio Nebra Mezquita (1672–1748), organist and master of choirboys at the Cathedral of Cuenca 1711-1729.
He died in Madrid. More than 170 works by Nebra survive: masses, psalms, litanies, a Stabat Mater, a Salve Regina, cantatas, villancicos, and around thirty keyboard works. But his significance is as the leading late Baroque composer of Spanish opera and zarzuela. Some of Nebra"s zarzuelas, choral works and solo cantatas have been recorded on Civil Defense by the Spanish group First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ayre Español, and other works by Los Músicos de Su Alteza, choral orchestral works by Madrid Barroco 2001 -.
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