Artist Info: Pere Rabassa

Pere Rabassa (Spanish: Pedro Rabassa) (Barcelona, Spain, 21 de septiembre del 1683 – Sevilla, 1767), was a Catalan composer and musicologist.
He received early music lessons from his uncle, Ramon Rabassa, an organist, and voice training at the choir of the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, Barcelona. The maestro de capilla till he was 13 was Joan Barter, and then the more famous Francisco Valls. During this period music in Barcelona was Italianized due to the presence of the court of Archduke Charles of Austria (later Charles VI [read more...]