Spanish composer, theorist, organist and liturgist whose legacy consists primarily of music and theory in the context of the church service. Carrera wrote "Rudimentos de musica" for novice music students in the seminary but his "Salmodia organica" (and its second edition "Adiciones a la salmodia organica") are the best representations of his... [+] Read More

Guilmant won acclaim as an organist traveling to such diverse places as the United States, Canada, Russia, Spain, Italy, Holland, and Belgium. His family was in the organ building business and he was an organist at St Nicolas in Boulogne. For the most part he was self-taught but received some instruction from Carulli and Lummens. Guilmant was... [+] Read More