Calle de Carnicer

Behind this name stands Ramón Carnicer y Batlle, a musician born in Tárrega in 1789 and a major figure in Spanish opera and zarzuela. He directed Madrid’s royal theatres and taught composition at the newly founded Conservatory, leaving more than two hundred works: operas, overtures, religious music and liberal-minded anthems. Carnicer composed the music of Chile’s national anthem, a commission he received during his exile in London. He wrote the score for an American country without ever crossing the Atlantic. The street, in the heart of Bellas Vistas, runs between Bravo Murillo and Tenerife, in a grid that working-class Madrid gave over to names from culture. Carnicer died in the city in 1855.