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Padre Antonio Soler

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Antonio Soler was a Spanish composer and organist born in 1729. He achieved professional recognition for compositions spanning the late Baroque and early Classical eras. He began his musical education at the Escolania of the Monastery of Montserrat in 1736 and was appointed Director of Music in Lleida in 1746. In 1752, Soler joined the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, where he studied under José de Nebra and Domenico Scarlatti. He served as the music teacher for the sons of Carlos III. He produced more than 500 compositions, including 150 keyboard sonatas cataloged by Fr. Samuel Rubio. His discography includes the Six Concertos for Two Organs and the treatise Llave de la modulación (1762). Soler died on 20 December 1783.
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