Victoria's music is characterized by a richness of texture and a perfect sense of line, allowing it to constantly ebb and flow, and he knew how to write for voices.
Performer Biography
Harry Christophers is the founder and conductor of The Sixteen, an ensemble recognized as one of the world's greatest.
Performer Biography
The Sixteen, led by Harry Christophers, has a special reputation for performing early English polyphony, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical masterpieces, and twentieth-century music.
Compositional Technique
Composers of Victoria's time, including Palestrina, Lassus, Morales, Guerrero, and Victoria himself, commonly borrowed music from their own or others' compositions when writing a Mass.
Composition History
Victoria's 1572 publication was likely successful, leading to a more 'ad hoc' collection in 1576 that responded to the demand created by its success.
Composer Biography
Tomás Luis de Victoria retired from his busy life in Rome in 1586/87 to become chaplain to the Dowager Empress Maria in Madrid, after which his publications were few.
Composer Biography
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), a Spanish composer, spent most of his working years in Rome, where he became famous with a flood of compositions.
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