What is Francisco Correa de Arauxo?
[[File:Francisco Correa de Araujo (1626) Libro de tientos y discursos de musica practica y theoríca de organo.png|thumb|''Libro de tientos y discursos de musica practica y theoríca de organo'' (1626).]] '''Francisco Correa de Arauxo''' (or '''Araujo''') (b. Seville, 1584; d. Segovia, 1654) was an important [[Spain|Spanish]] [[pipe organ|organist]], [[composer]], and [[music theory|theorist]] in the last years of the [[Renaissance]] and early years of the [[Baroque]] period. ==Life== We do not know very much about Correa de Araujo. He was probably born in [[1584]]. He may have been of [[Portugal|Portugese]] origin. In [[1599]] he got a job as organist in [[Seville]]. It must have been an important job because he earned a lot of money. Many years later he seems to have become a [[priest]]. He may have been made a priest because he was a good organist. In [[1630]] he organized a protest when priests were made to work harder wothout being paid more money. Because he argued about this he was sent to [[prison]] for a time. By [[1635]] his health was very bad. In spite of earning a high [[salary]] he often had no money. After 37 years in Seville he took a job as organist in [[Jaén]] Cathedral. He was there until [[1640]] when he went to [[Segovia]] Cathedral. He worked there until [[1653]], by which time he was too ill to work. When he died the following year he was very poor. ==His music== Correa only seems to have published one collection of organ works. It was called ''Libro de tientos y discursos de música practica, y theorica de organo intitulado Facultad organica'' (1626). This was a collection of organ music, as well as a discussion about [[music theory]]. It is one of the few books we have which shows us what musical composition was like in Spain at that time. His organ music uses a divided keyboard (medio registro), so that the upper and lower parts of the keyboard (high notes and low notes) can use different stops (making different sounds). The organ pieces in the collection are arranged i