Antonio Soler

Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos (baptised 3 December 1729 - 20 December 1783) was a Catalan composer. He was born in Olot in Girona, Catalonia. He studied composition and the organ as a child, when, at age six, he entered the choir of the Monastery of Montserrat. In 1744 he was appointed organist at the cathedral in Seo de Urgel and appointed as a subdeacon there. Later in his life, he held posts as chapel master in Lleida and El Escorial.