Manuel de Zumaya

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Alias: Manuel de Sumaya

Life

Born: 1678

Died: 1756

Biography

A Mexican composer of mixed race who studied and worked in Creole circles. His works are to be found in, among other places, cathedral archives in Latin America, such as the Música Colonial Archive in Guatemala and the Mexican cathedral archive. Composer of the earliest extant music for the Mexican virgin of Guadeloupe.

View the Wikipedia article on Manuel de Zumaya.

List of choral works


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Publications

External links

Article by Drew Edward Davies on "Villancicos from Mexico City for the Virgin of Guadalupe" (Early Music, Vol. xxxix, No. 2, 2011)