Bernardino de Figueroa was a Spanish composer, afterwards Bishop of Brindisi in Italy.

Figueroa entered the chapel choir in 1518 and was the first maestro de capilla at the Royal Chapel of Granada

Royal Chapel of Granada

The Royal Chapel of Granada is a mausoleum located in the city of Granada in Andalusia, southern Spain.-Mausoleum:The mausoleum houses the remains of the Catholic Monarchs :...

 till 1551, being succeeded by Rodrigo de Ceballos

Rodrigo de Ceballos

Rodrigo de Ceballos was a Spanish composer.He was born in Aracena , and was ordained a priest in Seville in 1556. He was named maestro di capella in Malaga in 1554, in the cathedral of Córdoba in 1556, and in Royal Chapel of Granada in 1561.He is among the composers of the Andalusian school,...

 in 1561. He wrote letters recommending the musical theorist Fray Juan Bermudo

Juan Bermudo

Fray Juan Bermudo was a Spanish composer, music theorist and mathematician.In his Perfecting the perfect instrument 1555, a treatise on playing the vihuela, Bermudo lists the maestro de capilla of the Royal Chapel of Granada, Bernardino de Figueroa, and Cristóbal de Morales as having checked and...

 and in the latter's Perfecting the perfect instrument 1555, a treatise on playing the vihuela

Vihuela

Vihuela is a name given to two different guitar-like string instruments: one from 15th and 16th century Spain, usually with 12 paired strings, and the other, the Mexican vihuela, from 19th century Mexico with five strings and typically played in Mariachi bands.-History:The vihuela, as it was known...

, Figueroa was listed before Cristóbal de Morales

Cristóbal de Morales

Cristóbal de Morales was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is generally considered to be the most influential Spanish composer before Victoria.- Life :...

 as having checked and approved the text.

From 26 November 1571 till his death he was Bishop of Brindisi

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni

The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium, in Apulia, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce....

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None of Figueroa's compositions is known to survive.