Olague, fray Bertolomeu de ??-feb.1658 Spain or Portugal, ? - Spain, Santiago de Compostela
organist, choirmaster, priest, Santiago Kastner 1954 suggests a Catalan or Navarra rather than a Castilian or Portuguese origin, Barton Hudson 1961 suggests a Basque origin, 20.jun.1644 appointed choirmaster of the cathedral in Burgos Spain, mar.1651-1658 of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela (succeeding Diego Pontac, succeeded by Martin Serrano)

[in Libro de cyfra his name is given in portuguese as Bertolomeu but other sources give his name in spanish as Bartolome ; Saldoni 1868 gives his name in spanish as Bartolome Olaegui]

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Variedades de xacara de primero tono. Organ
from Libro de cyfra adonde se contem varios jogos de versos e obras, e outras coriosidades, de varios autores (written in portuguese but most, if not all, music comes from Spain, including 24 pieces by Fr. Bertolomeu de Olague and 1 by Fr. Martinho Garcia de Olague). The ms does not give a name of the copyist or date of compilation but is estimated at 1700-1715. Biblioteca Municipal de Oporto Portugal

Ilton Wjuniski Pleyel harpsichord

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