José Palomino

José Palomino (Madrid, 1755 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1810) José Palomino was a Spanish composer, violinist, and chapel master active during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a period of significant transition in Iberian musical life. Born in Madrid in 1755, he belonged to the first generation of Spanish musicians shaped by both the lingering influence of the Baroque villancico tradition and the new, cosmopolitan Classical style that entered Spain through Italian opera, court orchestras, and Bourbon cultural reforms.