Pedro Carrera y Lanchares

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Fray Pedro Carrera y Lanchares (1760s - c.1815) was a Spanish Carmelite friar, organist and composer. [1] Carrera was pupil of D. Joseph Lidon, organist of the Capilla Real de Madrid, then organist of the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (Madrid). [2]

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  1. Pedro Carrera y Lanchares
  2. Biographie universelle des musiciens François-Joseph Fétis, Arthur Pougin - 1875 "CARRERA Y LANCHARES (Le P. Maithe Fn. Pedro), organiste du couvent des Carmes chaussés de Madrid, fut élève de D. Joseph Lidon , organiste de la chapelle royale , et vécut dans la seconde moitié du dix-huitième siècle. En 1792 il ..."