Sebastián de Aguirre

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Sebastián de Aguirre

Spanish composer

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Similarly, the Spanish composer Sebastián de Aguirre included an indigenous Mexican dance called “Tocotín” in a book published in Mexico about 1650 on how to play the cittern (a type of guitar). In the 1700s, European composers such as Carl Heinrich Graun, James Hewitt, and Louis-Emmanuel Jadin produced operas…
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Similarly, the Spanish composer Sebastián de Aguirre included an indigenous Mexican dance called “Tocotín” in a book published in Mexico about 1650 on how to play the cittern (a type of guitar). In the 1700s, European composers such as Carl Heinrich Graun, James Hewitt, and Louis-Emmanuel Jadin produced operas…
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