Trujillo Cathedral

Trujillo Cathedral

Trujillo Cathedral (constructed 1647-1666) is the cathedral of Trujillo, Peru.

Note that in some older sources "Ciudad Trujillo's cathedral" refers to Catedral de Santa María la Menor, Santo Domingo, since the capital of the Dominican Republic was called "Ciudad Trujillo" from 1930 to 1961, after the dictator Rafael Trujillo, who renamed the capital after himself.

History

The most notable maestro de capilla of Trujillo cathedral, from 1721 to 1728, was the composer Roque Ceruti, later maestro at Lima Cathedral.^[1][2]

References

1. Bertil Van Boer Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period 2012 - Page 124 "By 1717 he was maestro di capilla at the Trujillo cathedral, and a decade later he obtained the same post at the Lima cathedral. He held this until his retirement in 1758 due to ill health. Much of his music conforms to the Italian Baroque style of"
2. Leslie Bethell The Cambridge History of Latin America 1984 -- Page 791 "From about 1721 to 1728 Ceruti directed music at Trujillo cathedral - returning to take the post of maestro de capilla at Lima on 1 August 1728. Ceruti's large extant repertory at the Archivo Arzobispal in Lima, La Plata cathedral, the Seminario .."

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Coordinates: 8°06′39″S 79°01′42″W / 8.11083°S 79.02833°W