José Antonio Santesteban


José Antonio Santesteban was a Basque composer, the most famous of the musical family of that name, who wrote the first opera in Basque, Pudente, to a libretto by Serafin Baroja. In 1879 he succeeded his father's post as organist in Santa Maria, Donostia.
In 1863 he inaugurated the installment of a Cavaillé-Coll organ in Santa Maria, Donostia
and in 1879 he succeeded his father's post as organist of the parish.

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