Spanish organist and composer, possibly of Portuguese descent. Organist at the
Church of S. Salvador in Seville from 1599 until 1636, then at
Jaén Cathedral until 1640, finally at Segovia Cathedral
until his death. His
Libro de tientos y discursos de música practica, y
theorica de organo, intitulado Facultad organica
(Alcald, 1626) contains 62 tientos and seven other pieces, all
for organ, introduced by a theoretical treatise and arranged in
order of increasing difficulty, in a colorful baroque style, with bold dissonances and wayward figurations.