Cristóbal de Morales

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Cristóbal de Morales

Cristóbal de Morales (* around 1500 in Seville (?); † between September 4 and October 7, 1553 in Marchena (?)) Was a Spanish composer . He is considered the first major Spanish composer of the Renaissance .

Life

There is no reliable information about its origin. The previously assumed date of birth January 2, 1512 is likely to be incorrect. He possibly received his musical training as a choir boy at Seville Cathedral . Cristóbal de Morales received his first employment as Kapellmeister in 1526 in Ávila and in 1529 in Plasencia . In 1535 he became a singer in the Sistine Chapel and lived and worked at the time of the pontificate of Paul III. In Rome for 10 years. At that time he was ennobled by the Pope. In 1540/41 Morales interrupted his service in Rome for about a year and returned to Spain. In the second phase of his service as papal singer, illness-related absences increased, as Morales probably suffered from severe gout . In 1545 he finally finished his service in Rome and returned to his Spanish homeland, where he worked as Kapellmeister at the Cathedral of Toledo . In 1551 he became conductor at the Cathedral of Málaga , but soon had to give up the activity for health reasons. In September 1553 he applied again to Toledo, but he must have died shortly afterwards, as the cathedral chapter of Malaga on October 7th offered the house he had previously lived in for rent.

Many of his compositions appeared in print during his lifetime, which was quite unusual at the time.

Works

  • 22 fairs
    • Missarum Liber primus (Rome, 1544)
      • Missa Aspice Domine 4v
      • Missa Ave Maris Stella 4v
      • Missa De Beata Virgine 4v
      • Missa L'homme armée 5v
      • Missa Mille regretz 6v
      • Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus 5v
      • Missa Si bona suscepimus 6v
      • Missa Vulnerasti cor meum 4v
    • Missarum Liber Secundus (Rome, 1544)
      • Missa Benedicta est regina caelorum [= Missa Valenciana] 4v
      • Missa De Beata Virgine 5v
      • Missa Gaude Barbara 4v
      • Missa L'homme armée 4v
      • Missa Pro defunctis 5v
      • Missa Quem dicunt homines 5v
      • Missa Tu es vas electionis 4v
    • Further:
      • Missa Caça
      • Missa Cortilla
      • Missa Desilde al cavallero 4v
      • Missa Super Ut re mi fa sol la 4v
      • Missa Tristezas me matan 5v
      • Officium defunctorum 4v (approx. 1526–28)
  • 16 settings of the Magnificat
  • 5 lamentations
  • more than 100 motets

literature

  • Emilio Ros-Fábregas:  Morales, Cristóbal de. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 12 (Mercadante - Paix). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1122-5 , Sp. 441–453 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 80/81, volume 4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Morales, Cristóbal de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Seville
DATE OF DEATH between September 4, 1553 and October 7, 1553
Place of death unsure: Marchena