Miguel de Ambiela (1666 – 29 March 1733) was a Spanish composer. He was born at La Puebla de Albortón and became maestro de capilla at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Saragossa. He was a composer employing conservative traditional polyphony. Some of his works are preserved in Latin American manuscripts. He died in Toledo, Spain, in his fifties.
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- Towards a history of the Spanish villancico: by Paul R. Laird 1997 "It appears to have been rare, but one incident has been described concerning composers Pablo Bruno and Miguel Ambiela.
- The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 1 Stanley Sadie, John Tyrrell - 2001
- Music in eighteenth century Spain Illinois studies in language and literature: Volume 22 "Mid-Century Conservatives Most important among composers using the traditional polyphonic methods during the mid-century were the following: D. Miguel Ambiela, chapelmaster at Saragossa and Toledo, who deserves more fame as a composer"
- Renaissance and baroque musical sources in the Americas Robert Murrell Stevenson - 1970 Several other composers in the same manuscript collection belong to the reigns of Charles II or Philip V: Miguel de Ambiela, Pedro de Ardanaz, José Carcoler, Sebastián Durón, Francisco Valls.