Carlos Patiño
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Carlos Patiño was a Spanish baroque composer.
Patiño was a choirboy at Seville Cathedral
where he studied with Alonso Lobo
. He married in 1622 but his wife's death in 1625 led to his entry into the priesthood. In March 1628 he became maestro de capilla of the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación, Madrid, where he succeeded Gabriel Díaz Bessón
(1590–1638). On 1 January 1634 Patiño succeeded Mateo Romero as maestro de capilla in the royal chapel. He was the first maestro de capilla of the capilla real, formerly the Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca)
, to be born in Spain. In 1660 his request for retirement was denied, but he was provided with two assistants.
Most of his sacred works are polychoral. Several of his secular works were composed for court occasions. Many sacred works were lost in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, but others survived in the New World. His theatre work included the music to El Nuevo Olimpo of 1648, but this too is lost.
Patiño was a choirboy at Seville Cathedral
Seville Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See , better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville . It is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world....
where he studied with Alonso Lobo
Alonso Lobo
Alonso Lobo was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Although not as famous as Tomás Luís de Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria himself considered him to be his equal....
. He married in 1622 but his wife's death in 1625 led to his entry into the priesthood. In March 1628 he became maestro de capilla of the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación, Madrid, where he succeeded Gabriel Díaz Bessón
Gabriel Díaz Bessón
Gabriel Díaz Bessón was a Spanish composer.Díaz Bessón was maestro de capilla of the Royal Convent of La Encarnación, Madrid, capellán for Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma favourite of Philip III of Spain at the Church of Saint Peter at the Colegiata de Lerma, Burgos...
(1590–1638). On 1 January 1634 Patiño succeeded Mateo Romero as maestro de capilla in the royal chapel. He was the first maestro de capilla of the capilla real, formerly the Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca)
Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca)
The Flemish chapel was one of two choirs employed by Philip II of Spain, the other being the Spanish chapel .- La Grande Chapelle :...
, to be born in Spain. In 1660 his request for retirement was denied, but he was provided with two assistants.
Most of his sacred works are polychoral. Several of his secular works were composed for court occasions. Many sacred works were lost in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, but others survived in the New World. His theatre work included the music to El Nuevo Olimpo of 1648, but this too is lost.
Works
- 13 masses
- 49 motets
- 21 psalms
- 6 litanies
- 11 cantos evangelicos
- 2 eucharist hymns
- 32 villancicos
- 14 tonos humanosTono humanoThe tono humano was one of the main genres of 17th Century Spanish and Portuguese music.In the early 17th Century the main vernacular forms for Spanish and Portuguese composers were the villancico, usually a Christmas song, and the solo tono; tono humano if secular, tono divino if sacred. The...
- Theatre music