Juan Manuel De La Puente

Juan Manuel de la Puente (1692-1753) was a Spanish composer of the Baroque period. He was choirmaster of the Cathedral of Jaén between 1711 and 1753. His works with10-18 voices merge with expertise musical genres and techniques, typical of the Hispanic musical Baroque; such as the "Policoralismo", traditional chorus-songs, rhetorical resources, with modern features from Italian origin, without forgetting his proper stylistic elements as the virtuoso treatment of the bassoon. Please, do not confuse with Spanish liner noter Juan Manuel Puente.