He brought to California some of the first samples of 18th-century European music, including sacred plainchant, sacred polyphony, as well as opera excerpts and instrumental arrangements with basso continuo. In 1803, he arrived in Mexico from his native Majorca and, in 1804, he settled in Mission San Antonio, where he remained until his death in 1830.
He brought to California some of the earliest European music from the 18th century, including sacred hymns, complex harmonies, opera excerpts, and instrumental arrangements. He traveled to Mexico in 1803 and eventually settled in Mission San Antonio in 1804, where he lived until his death in 1830.