Compuestas Spanish Compuestas de Lleno Spanish Cheio Portuguese

These names are listed only in Grove and Williams. Regarding Cheio, Williams says only “Chorus Mixture of the same type as the Spanish Compuestas de Lleno”. Regarding Compuestas, Williams says “Spanish Mixture or Lleno, similar to the French Plein Jeu but rather less stereotyped in content”. Grove describes Compuestas as “A mixture or Lleno, like the Fourniture but more varied in content”. Compuestas de Lleno is not defined by either source. The word compuestas means “composed”; compuestas de lleno means “composed completely”. With so little information, we can only presume that Compuestas is a shortened form of Compuestas de Lleno. More research is needed.

Examples

All known examples are listed below.

Compuestas III, Pedalero; San Juan de Laguardia, Alava, Spain; Guillermo Monturas, 1792.

Compuestas IV, Pedal; Santa María, Maó, Baleares, Spain; Kyburz 1810.

Compuestas IV, Pedal; Santa Maria de Mahon, Menorca, Spain; Otter 1810.

Compuestas IV, Grand-Orgue; Church of Santa Maria la Real, Azcoitia, Spain; Cavaille-Coll, 1898.

Compuestas III, Pedal; Main Hall, Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain; Grenzing 1991.

Compuestas de Lleno IV, Organo grande; Cathedral, Guadalupe, Mexico; Walcker opus 5921, 1990's.

Cheio V, manual right hand; Epistle side, Braga Cathedral, Braga, Portugal; Simon Fontanes 1739.

Cheio II, manual (portable organ); Museum, Braga Cathedral, Braga, Portugal.

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