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José Marín (ca. 1619–1699) was a Spanish Baroque harpist, guitarist, cantor, and composer noted for his secular songs, tonos humanos.

In 1644 he entered the Royal Convent of La Encarnación in Madrid as a tenor. He was a priest and cantor of the capilla real under Felipe IV and Carlos II. His career was marked by scandals and murder. He was sentenced to prison but escaped to regain respectability.

Works

Website: http://www.JoseMarin.com Songs

• Corazon que en prision possibly refers to his own imprisonment.

Theatre music

• music for zarzuelas by the dramatist Juan Bautista Diamante.

Selected discography

• José Marin, "Tonos humanos", Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall, Rolf Lislevand, et al. Alia Vox AVSA9802

References

1. John H. Baron, Daniel L. Heiple Spanish art song in the seventeenth century 1985 - Page x
2. Kurt Reichenberger, Ignacio Arellano Calderón 2000: homenaje a Kurt Reichenberger en su 80 cumpleaños 2002 Page 248
3. Javier Huerta Calvo, Harm den Boer, El Teatro español a fines del siglo XVII 1989 Page 413
4. Chase G. The Music of Spain 1959 Page 103

• 1610s births
• 1699 deaths
• Spanish Baroque composers
• Spanish male classical composers
• Spanish classical guitarists
• Spanish male guitarists
• Spanish classical harpists
• Spanish Roman Catholic priests
• Spanish opera composers
• Male opera composers
• 17th-century classical composers
• 17th-century male musicians
• Cantors