He kept his position as principal organist for 45 years, but from 1703 on his health often necessitated that a substitute be found.
Many of Cabanilles's compositions are virtuosic and advanced for their time, but generally, he is in the Spanish tradition of keyboard music following 16th century patterns.
These are the main sources, along with El Escorial LP 30 of compositions by Pablo Bruna.
3- Barcelona E-Bc Ms. 386 [antiga cota 887], [Available on-line] 360 pages; the manuscript, dated 1722, contains 98 compositions by Cabanilles, the copy made by a fervent admirer.
4- Barcelona E-Bc Ms. 387 [antiga cota 888] 424 folios; dating from 1694–7, the manuscript consists of 500 entirely by Cabanilles.
8- Archivo de la Catedral de Astorga (vide: Alvarez; 1970) Ms. with 55 peças: Francisco Andreu, Cabanilles, Juan Saló, Rafael Llistosellas, Fray Rafael Crest, Isidro Serrada, Nassarre, Pablo Rouxa, Sebastián Viladrosa, Francisco Llusá, J. Elias.
10- Monserrat, Arquivo musical, Ms. 76: Tiento 6º tono partido de mano derecha.
1 A- Musici Organici Iohannis Cabanilles, 4 vols., edited by Hyginii Anglés, Barcelona: Biblioteca de Catalunya, 1927–1956.
1 B- The following additional 5 volumes were edited by José Clíment, Barcelona: Biblioteca de Catalunya.
Cabanilles, 4 vols., edited by Julián Sagasta Galdós, Valencia: Edicions Alfons el Magnánim, 1986–1994.
4- Juan Cabanilles: Ausgewählte Orgelwerke, edited by Miguel Bernal Ripoll and Gerhard Doderer, Kassel [etc.