José Marín (composer)

José Marín (ca. 1619{{ndash}}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.John H. Baron, Daniel L. Heiple Spanish art song in the seventeenth century 1985 - Page x He was a priest and cantor of the capilla real under Felipe IV and Carlos II.Kurt Reichenberger, Ignacio Arellano Calderón 2000: homenaje a Kurt Reichenberger en su 80 cumpleaños 2002 Page 248 His career was marked by scandals and murder.Javier Huerta Calvo, Harm den Boer, El Teatro español a fines del siglo XVII 1989 Page 413 He was sentenced to prison but escaped to regain respectability.Chase G. The Music of Spain 1959 Page 103