Melcior Juncà

Cathedral of Tarragona

Melcior Juncà i Farré (Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Ripollès, 1757 - Tarragona, 1824) was a Catalan maestro de capilla, composer and music theorist. He was son of a musician, Jacinto Juncà. From 1798 to 1806 he was chapel master at the Cathedral of Tarragona. His treatise La Melopea desconocida describes a method based on speculative and practical division of the octave into twenty-four parts.^[1]

Works, editions, recordings

His output is primarily of religious music in Latin; Masses, antiphons, regrets motets; and vernacular Spanish songs, tonos, and villancicos. His motet Beata mater was recorded in 2007.^[2]

References

1. ^ Anna Cazurra in Història de la Música Catalana, Valenciana i Balear, Volume X, page. 23 Edicions 62 (ISBN 84-297-5329-X)
2. ^ Booklet to recording

Persondata
Name	Junca i Farré, Melcior
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1757
Place of birth	Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Ripollès, Spain
Date of death	1824
Place of death	Tarragona, Spain