Pedro de Cristo
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Pedro de Cristo was a Portuguese
composer of the Renaissance
. He is one of the most important Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries.
, and in 1571 entered Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
composer of the Renaissance
Renaissance music
Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given that its defining characteristics were adopted only gradually; musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.Literally meaning...
. He is one of the most important Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Life
Pedro de Cristo was born in CoimbraCoimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, and in 1571 entered Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra.
- São Vicente de Fora monastery (LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
). He died in Coimbra.
Works
(alphabetical order - incomplete)- Ave Maria à 8
- Ave maris stella
- Ay mi Dios
- Beata viscera Mariae
- Beate martir
- Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
- Es nascido
- Hodie nobis
- In manus tuas
- Magnificat à 8
- O magnum mysterium
- Osanna filio David
- Quaeramus cum pastoribus
- Regina coeli
- Salva nos Domine
- Sanctissimi quinque martires
- Sanctorum meritis
- Tristis est anima mea