A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Aranaz, Pedro

by Mary Catherine Hamilton

ARANAZ, Pedro, a Spanish priest and composer, born at Soria in Old Castile; was appointed towards the end of the 18th century conductor of the choir in the cathedral at Cuença, and died there in 1825 at a considerable age. His church music, which was good, is to be found at Cuença, in the Escurial, and scattered in various churches of Spain; but Eslava has preserved in his 'Lira Sacro-Hispana' an 'Offertorium' for five voices and a 'Laudate Dominum' for six voices, with strings, horns, and organ.

[ M. C. C. ]