Santiago de Murcia (place/date of birth unknown); died after 1732) was a Spanish guitarist and composer. Biography Few details about the life of Santiago de Murcia remain. He may have been related to the stringed instrument makers, Gabriel and Antonio de Murcia, but this has never been proven. Although he mentions the guitarist and composer Francisco Guerau in the introduction to his own printed collection of guitar music, there is no evidence that he actually studied with Guerau. In his printed collection of guitar music "Resumen de acompanar" Murcia describes himself as Master of Guitar to the Spanish Queen Maria Luisa Gabriela de Savoy. She was the first wife of the first Bourbon king of Spain, Felipe V, a grandson of Louis X1V of France who succeeded to the Spanish throne on the death of Carlos II in November 1700. The marriage took place by proxy in Turin on 11th September 1701. On 3rd November marriage was re-celebrated in

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