Joaquín García de Antonio
Bornc. 1710
Anna, Valencia
DiedSeptember 15, 1779(1779-09-15) (aged 68–69)
Las Palmas

Joaquín García de Antonio [Sanchís] (c.1710 in Anna, Valencia – 15 September 1779 in Las Palmas) was a Valencian composer and maestro de capilla.[1] His cantatas are in the Italian style but his villancicos adopt a purely Hispanic vernacular style.[2]

References

  1. José Luis Palacios Garoz El último villancico barroco valenciano 1995- Page 39 "M. Moreno (1985: 209), comentando la obra del valenciano Joaquín García (1710-1779), distingue sin embargo: El italianismo se encuentra presente en sus numerosas cantatas, generalmente en tres partes de recitativo, aria da capo y final, , mientras que el españolismo está en sus villancicos."
  2. Paul R. Laird Towards a history of the Spanish villancico 1997- Page 117 " Representative vernacular religious works by the composer are available in [Lothar Siemens Hernández] Joaquin Garcia: Tonadas, villancicos y Cantadas para voz sola concertada con instrumentos y bajo continuo»"


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