Juan Hidalgo

Around the year 1631 Hidalgo was a player of the harp and harpsichord in the royal chapel in Madrid after receiving musical instruction from, no doubt, members of his family. He kept the position in the royal chapel for the rest of his life, did not leave Madrid, and was honored as a familiar after the Inquisition investigated him. Several famous musicians were in the court at Madrid (Galan, del Vado, Marin) but none were as favored as Hidalgo. The majority of Hidalgo's compositions were secular forms of opera or villancicos but he also composed masses and motets (very few). H...