Bartolomeo Trosylho

Bartolomeo Trosylho (in modern Portuguese Bartolomeu Trosilho, alternatively Torzelho , Truxillo and other variants) (* around 1500 , † around 1567 ) was a Portuguese composer of the Renaissance .

Life

The Capela Real in the 15th century

Bartolomeo Trosylho was born around 1500. Nothing is known about his youth and education. He is first mentioned in documents around 1532 as a singer and chamber musician. In 1548 he succeeded Francisco Rodrigues as Kapellmeister under King John III. In a reform of the court orchestra ( Capela real) , he decided that the Kapellmeister had to be a cleric , so that Trosylho was forced to become a priest at an advanced age in order to keep his position.

Trosylho died around 1567 during the reign of King Sebastian . His successor as Kapellmeister was António Carreira .

In the vicinity of the court orchestra there is also a musician named Pedro Trosylho, who was probably a brother or other close relative of Bartolomeo Trosylho.

Works

Although he headed Capela Real for almost 20 years , today only three compositions are certain and a fourth possibly Bartolomeo Trosylho.

Alleluia (2 versions) to 4 voices
Benedicamus Domino to 4 votes
This translates to 4 votes
Circumdederunt me to 4 votes

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Bartolomeo Trosylho in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Portuguese Polyphony. Naxos, accessed November 14, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Anselmo Braacamp Freire, José Maria da Sliva Pessanha: Bartholomeu Trosylho e Pedro Trosylho . In: Arquivo historico português . Lisbon 1903, p. 46 f . ( archive.org ).
^ ^A ^b Ernesto Vieira: Trozelho ou Truxillo (Bartholomeu) . In: Diccionario biographico de musicos portuguezes; historia e bibliographia da musica em Portugal . tape 2 . Lisbon 1900, p. 381 f . ( archive.org ).
↑ Trosilho, Bartolomeu. In: Portuguese Early Music Database. Accessed November 14, 2019 .
↑ João Pedro d'Alvarenga: Manuscripts Oporto, Biblioteca Pública Municipal, MM 40 and MM 76-79: Their Origin, Date, Repertories, and Context . In: Tess Knighton, Bernadette Nelson (ed.): Pure gold: golden age sacred music in the Iberian world: a homage to Bruno Turner . Edition Reichenberger, Kassel 2011, ISBN 978-3-937734-88-0 , p. 27-58 .

personal data
SURNAME	Trosylho, Bartolomeo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trosilho, Bartolomeu; Truxillo, Bartholomeu; Trozelho, Bartholomeu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese composer
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1500
DATE OF DEATH	around 1567

[:0-1] Portuguese Polyphony. Naxos, accessed November 14, 2019 .

[:1-2] Anselmo Braacamp Freire, José Maria da Sliva Pessanha: Bartholomeu Trosylho e Pedro Trosylho . In: Arquivo historico português . Lisbon 1903, p. 46 f . ( archive.org ).

[:2-3] A ^b Ernesto Vieira: Trozelho ou Truxillo (Bartholomeu) . In: Diccionario biographico de musicos portuguezes; historia e bibliographia da musica em Portugal . tape 2 . Lisbon 1900, p. 381 f . ( archive.org ).

[4] Trosilho, Bartolomeu. In: Portuguese Early Music Database. Accessed November 14, 2019 .

[5] João Pedro d'Alvarenga: Manuscripts Oporto, Biblioteca Pública Municipal, MM 40 and MM 76-79: Their Origin, Date, Repertories, and Context . In: Tess Knighton, Bernadette Nelson (ed.): Pure gold: golden age sacred music in the Iberian world: a homage to Bruno Turner . Edition Reichenberger, Kassel 2011, ISBN 978-3-937734-88-0 , p. 27-58 .