Diego Pontac, later in life Diego de Pontac (Loarre, 1603 - Madrid, 1654) was a Spanish composer. He began his career as a pupil at Saragossa Cathedral,[1][2] and ended his career at the Court of Madrid as teniente de maestro (deputy master) of the Royal Chapel of Philip IV of Spain.[3]
^José Parada y Barreto Diccionario técnio: histórico y biográfico de la música 1867- Page 164 "En el curso de este siglo se distinguieron como compositores de gran mérito Diego Pontac, Cárlos Patiño, Juan Garcia Salazar, Teodoro Ortells, Francisco Melchor de Montemayor y Sebastian Duron."
^Inter-American Music Review -Robert Murrell Stevenson - 1991 Volume 12 - Page 48 "His most famous-to-be pupil at Saragossa was Diego Pontac (1603-1654). On January 11, 1612, the Barcelona Cathedral chapter voted to call him from Saragossa at 30 lliures higher salary than what was paid his predecessor."
^Rudolf Rasch The circulation of music in Europe 1600-1900: 2008 Page 10 "First, there is the case of the maestro Diego de Pontac (1603-1654) who by finishing his career at the Court of Madrid as teniente de maestro (Deputy Master) of the Royal Chapel of Philip IV is paradigmatic for the great mobility of Spanish ..."
DiegoPontac, later in life DiegodePontac (Loarre, 1603 - Madrid, 1654) was a Spanish composer. He began his career as a pupil at Saragossa Cathedral...
de Zurbarán (the ear of Zurbarán) Andrés Barea, Juan Garcia de Salazar, DiegodePontac, Manuel Machado, Jose de Vaquedano, Mateo Romero, Miguel de Ambiela...
Metropolitana de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Valencia, Valencian: Església Catedral-Basílica Metropolitana de l'Assumpció de la Mare de Déu de València)...
Musicians Melchor Robledo, Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia, Pedro Ruimonte, DiegoPontac, Jusépe Ximénez and Andrés de Sola, among others, worked and composed...
worked as a teacher. Among his students were DiegoPontac, and among his friends were Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia. He lived in the city until his death...
About the Law, but Have Seen Way Too Many Legal Thrillers"). May 22: Ken Pontac, American television writer (Gumby Adventures, Mighty Max, Extreme Dinosaurs...
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