José Ramón Gargallo (1744-1794) - Lauda Jerusalem

★ Follow music ► Composer: José Ramón Gargallo (1744-1794) Work: Lauda Jerusalem Performers: Capilla Clásica de León; Camerata de Madrid; Luis Remartínez (conductor) Painting: Zacarías González Velázquez (1763-1834) - Alegoría de la Noche HD image: Further info: Listen free: No available --- José (Joseph) Ramón Gargallo (Cantavieja, 1744 - León, 1794) Spanish composer. Almost nothing is known about his early years. He probably received music lessons at the church of Asunción de Nuestra Señora. In 1771 he applied for the chapelmaster post at the Calahorra Cathedral but the post was finally awarded to the composer Diego Pérez Camino. Years later, when he had already obtained the same position at the León Cathedral in 1776, he remained still pleading against the decision of the Calagurritan chapter, which had harmed him visibly. Although he lived and worked in the Leonese capital until 1794, he still tried to compete to the choirmaster at the Salamanca Cathedral in 1789. As a composer, he was mainly focused on sacred music, the most common genre in Spain despite living and working during the second half of the 18th Century. His output was over than 60 works and most of them were characterized by the use of false polychoralism. His best works were praised by the refined use of the contrapuntal style, such as the ’Misa y Oficio de difuntos a ocho voces’. He was not related to another Gargallo music members active during the 18th Century, such as Joseph Gargallo (), chapelmaster in Valencia and Albarracín, and Francisco Gargallo, chapelmaster in Morella.