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Juan de Cáceres y Ulloa
Juan de Cáceres y Ulloa (1618–1682) was a Spanish nobleman and musician, who served as organist of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral.[1] He was the first musician of the Río de la Plata, together with Juan Vizcaíno de Agüero.[2] BiographyCáceres was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Alonso de Cáceres and María Coutinho, belonging to a noble Creole family of Spanish and Portuguese roots. His grandfather was Felipe de Cáceres, who served as interim governor of Paraguay between 1565 and 1572.[3] His mother María, was daughter of Juan López and Isabel de Melo Coutinho,[4] a noble woman descendant of Vasco Fernandes Coutinho and Pedro Álvarez Holguín de Ulloa.[5] Juan de Cáceres y Ulloa was a disciple of Juan Vizcaíno de Agüero, organist of Cathedral of Buenos Aires.[6] He was hired in the post of organist of the Eglise, with a salary of 100 pesos a year, in replacement of Aguero.[7] He took over the organ, and the plainchant of the Cathedral, and he remained during a period of nearly 30 years.[8] References
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