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Ignacio de Jerusalem (Composer)

Born: 3rd June 1707, Lecce, Italy

Died: 15th December 1769, Mexico City, Mexico

Nationality: Italian

Ignacio de Jerusalem was a composer of Novohispanic Baroque music.

Jerusalem was born Ignazio Gerusalemme on June 3, 1707 in Lecce, Italy. His father was Matteo Gerusalemme, a Neapolitan who had moved to Lecce in 1689 to become chapel master. One of eleven children, Jerusalem studied the violin extensively in Italy before moving in 1732 to the Spanish port city of Cádiz. Establishing himself as a virtuoso of the instrument, he performed regularly at the Coliseo de Cádiz, the city's preeminent theatre.

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