Curriculum

When he was a child he began to study music in the choir of Mondoñedo's cathedral. When he was thirteen he began to teach solfa in the chapel of the cathedral and later harmony. His composition Septenario a la Virgen de los Dolores dates from this period.In 1864, he moved to A Coruña, where the chapter of the collegiate church accepted him as an organist. In 1865, he was nominated as vice-president of the music section at the Youth Brotherhood Society.In 1878, he left the Choral Society called 'Brigantino' and founded the Coruña's Choral Society. In the literary and musical contest organized by the Society of Floral Games in Pontevedra, he performed, together with the Choral Society ?Brigantino?, the ballad titled Alborada Gallega that was also known as Alborada de Veiga.In 1882, he created the New Choral Society, which would be later called El Eco.In 1889, Pascual Veiga invited Juan Montes to make together a hymn for Galicia. That's why he wrote to Eduardo Pondal, who sent him the verses that would be set to music. So, the composition consisted of the first nine strophes of the poem Os Pinos.In 1896, he moved to Madrid when he became a teacher at the National Music Conservatory. The following year he conducted the Choral Society called 'Matritense' and the Choral Society of the Galician Centre in Madrid.