Juan de Araujo

Spanish composer active in South and Central America

Juan de Araujo (1646–1712) was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque.

Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. By 1670 he was nominated maestro di cappella of Lima Cathedral, Peru. In the following years he travelled to Panama and most probably to Guatemala. On his return to Peru, he was hired as maestro de capilla of Cuzco Cathedral, and in 1680 of Sucre Cathedral (then the Cathedral of La Plata) in Upper Peru (now in Bolivia), where he stayed until his death, and where he trained up to four notable música criolla composers including Blas Tardío de Guzmán.

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Works

Dime, amor
Dios de amor
Dixit Dominus
En el muy gran Padre Ignacio
Hola, hola, que vienen gitanas
Los conflades de la estleya
Los que tienen hambre
Por celebrar del Infante
Salve Regina
Si Dios se contiene
Silencio, pasito
Ut queant laxis
Venid mortales, venid a la audiencia
¡A, de la región de luces!
¡A, del cielo!
¡A, del tiempo!
¡Aquí, Valentónes!
¡Ay, andar!
¡Fuego de amor!