Joan

Joan Genís Pérez

Ginés Pérez de la Parra

Oriola , 7 d'octubre de 1548
Oriola , 25 de novembre de 1600

Composer i Performer

Kapellmeister and Composer

Appointed Kapellmeister of the Cathedral of Orihuela at an early age. He held this position from 1562 until 1581. In 1585 he was appointed Kapellmeister of the cathedral of Valencia helding that position until 1595, when he returned to his hometown. Although much of his output has been preserved only fragmentarily, it is preserved in multiple cathedral archives of the Iberian Peninsula. Some of this include psalms and a Magnificat for two choirs. He composed some polyphonic fragments of the Misteri d’Elx.