The organizational tradition of the cathedral of Santiago dates back to the 13th century, but the documentary traces date back to the first third of the 16th century, in which the Venetian organist Fray Dionisio Memmo who came from San Marcos Venice and the court of Henry VIII London where he was one of his favorite musician, he traveled to Santiago, and without the Cabildo calling him, he started a collaboration with the cathedral as an organist and as an organist, until it was written that the organ he built was `the best in Spain it could be found. ` The collaboration had to be very satisfactory for both parties because Memmo remained in Santiago until his death.
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