Eslava (y Elizondo), (Miguel) Hilarión

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Eslava (y Elizondo), (Miguel) Hilarión

Eslava (y Elizondo), (Miguel) Hilarión, Spanish pedagogue and composer; b. Burlada, Navarra, Oct. 21, 1807; d. Madrid, July 23, 1878. He studied piano, organ, and violin with Julian Prieto and composition with Francisco Secanilla in Calahorra. In 1827 he was made maestro de capilla at Burgo de Osma Cathedral. After taking holy orders, he held that title in Seville (1832–44) and at the Royal Chapel in Madrid (from 1844). In 1854 he became a prof, of composition and in 1866 director of music at the Madrid Cons. He publ. a valuable anthology of Spanish sacred music from the 16th to the 19th centuries as Lira sacro-hispana (10 vols., Madrid, 1869). He also publ. Método completo de solfeo sin accompanamiento (Madrid, 1846) and Escuela de armonia y composition (Madrid, 1851). Among his compositions were the operas II Solitario del Monte Selvaggio (Càdiz, June 1841), La tregua di Ptolemaide (Càdiz, May 24, 1842), and Pietro el crudele (Seville, 1843), and sacred works.

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