Joseph de Torres was born in Madrid, probably about 1670, and died there in 1738. Organist and teacher, he had a prestigious career as a composer and publisher, recognized throughout the Hispanic world of the time – the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America and as far as Italy. El libro que contiene onze partidos ias a manuscript of great interest for Latin-American and Iberian musicology. Not only does it enrich the repertoire of Spanish masters but, in addition, it bears witness to the existence of organist activity in Mexico at the time of New Spain.
