On the tercentenary of the birth of Sebastián de Albero (1722 – 1756)

Sebastián Ramón de Albero y Añaños is for sure one of the best composers of keyboard music of the 18^th century pre-classical period in Spain. The doctoral thesis of Carlos Andrés Sánchez Baranguá^* gives the following information:

Albero was the third child of a physician, born on June 10^th of 1722 in Roncal (Navarra). In 1729 the family moved to Ujué (Navarra), where Albero could have received music lessons from the organists of the local church which were teachers at the local school as well. Between 1734 and 1739 Albero was a choirboy at the cathedral of Pamplona. There his masters may have been Miguel Valls, Andrés Escaregui, and the organist Andrés Gil. We know that many choir boys, after their dismissal, remained serving in the same church for some years more until they could get a place as chapel master or organist.