Gutierre Fernandez Hidalgo

Gutierre Fernández, sometimes given as Gutierre Fernández Hidalgo ( – June 11, 1623), was a South American composer and Roman Catholic priest of Spanish birth. His only surviving works are sacred vocal works; most of which were composed for vespers.

In late 1583 Fernández left his post in Talavera de la Reina to travel to the New World to assume the post of maestro de capilla at the in Santafe (now Bogotá). He concurrently served as rector of the Major Seminary of Bogotá. He left those posts in 1586 to assume a similar position at the cathedral in at Quito. He stayed in that post until he was appointed maestro de capilla at both the cathedral in Lima and the Royal Monastery of La Encarnación. In 1587 he was appointed maestro de capilla of the Cuzco Cathedral. From 1612 until his death he was the head priest at San Lazaro Church in Sucre (then called La Plata).

Gutierre Fernández died in La Plata on June 11, 1623.