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Juan de Lienas (fl. 1617-1654[1] ) was a composer active in Latin America during the early to mid-17th century. He also served as a chapel master and conductor in the Catholic Church. Much of his life is still a mystery, but what is known comes from accounts in the only two manuscripts that include his compositions: El Codice del Convento del Carmen[2] and the Newberry Choirbooks.[3] Some of these comments are unflattering to the composer, insulting his appearance and personality.[4] He is identified as a cacique (a native of noble birth), an Indian, and a married man, all of which may have kept him from higher standing within the church.[5] One scholar indicates that he may have been born in Spain.[6] Most scholars place him in Mexico in the employ of the convent connected to the cathedral of Mexico City, but one asserts that he also worked in Havana.[7] His music is indicative of the early Renaissance, following the Polyphonic styles of composers such as Francisco Guerrero and Cristóbal de Morales.[8] He is often associated with Juan Hernandez, Fernando Franco, and Francisco López. The latter two also had compositions in the Carmen Codex.[9] His known compositions include: two masses (one of which is a Requiem), eleven motets, three magnificats, and two sets of lamentations.[10] The two manuscripts which include his music may have at one point been connected.[11] Both include his Salve Regina for 4 voices, Lamentation for 4 voices, and Magnificat for 5 voices. His compositions were first brought to the states by means of the Newbery Choirbooks, which are still performed today.
- ^ Shrock, Dennis. "Juan de Lienas." In Choral Repertoire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. pg. 347
- ^ Bal y Gay, Jesús, and Carlos Chávez. 1952. El códice del Convento del Carmen. México: Instituto nacional de bellas artes
- ^ Catholic Church, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero, Cristóbal de Morales, Juan de Lienas, Fabián Ximeno, Hernando Franco, Manuel de Zumaya, and Antonio Rodríguez Mata. 1600. [Mexican choir books].
- ^ Russell, Craig H. 2001 "Lienas, Juan de." Grove Music Online. 20 Oct. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.16627.
- ^ Bethell, Leslie. The Cambridge History of Latin America vol. 2. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984-2008. pg. 779
- ^ Shrock, Dennis. "Juan de Lienas." In Choral Repertoire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. pg. 347
- ^ Tiemstra, Suzanne S. The Choral Music of Latin America: A Guide to Compositions and Research. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. pg. 4
- ^ Buelow, George J. "Mexican Cathedral Music in the Seventeenth Century." In A History of Baroque Music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. pg. 397
- ^ Stevenson, "El Codice del Convento del Carmen by Jesús Bal y Gay," pg. 49
- ^ Shrock, Dennis. "Juan de Lienas." In Choral Repertoire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. pg. 348
- ^ Schleifer, Eliyahu A. "New Light on the Mexican Choirbooks at the Newberry Library." Notes 30, no. 2 (1973): 231-41. doi:10.2307/895970. pg. 241