Juan Bautista Comes

1582 – 5 January 1643), aka per Valencian spelling Joan Baptista Comes, was a Spanish Baroque composer who was born and died in Valencia.

It is known that before 1613 he held posts as Maestro de Capilla in Lleida at its cathedral and in Valencia at the Colegio del Patriarca.

Also in Valencia, at its cathedral, from 1613 to 1619, he held a post as Maestro de Capilla.

In the field of composition he is best known for his villancicos such as Terremoto, que ruido and for his Christian sacred polychoral works.

His villancicos make use of Spanish, Portuguese and Galician texts.

The portrait of Juan Bautista Comes