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Tomás Luis de Victoria

1548 - 1611

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Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria; c. 1548 – c. 20–27 August 1611) was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus as among the principal composers of the late Renaissance, and was "admired above all for the intensity of some of his motets and of his Offices for the Dead and for Holy Week". His surviving oeuvre, unlike that of his colleagues, is almost exclusively sacred and polyphonic vocal music, set to Latin texts. As a Catholic priest, as well as an accomplished organist and singer, his career spanned both Spain and Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomás Luis de Victoria is the 94th most popular composer (up from 140th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Spain (up from 162nd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Composer.

Tomás Luis de Victoria is most famous for his work in the 16th century. He was a composer and a singer of madrigals.

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Among composers, Tomás Luis de Victoria ranks 94 out of 1,451. Before him are John Williams, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Olivier Messiaen, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, and John Cage. After him are Pierre Boulez, Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, and Mikis Theodorakis.

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Among people born in 1548, Tomás Luis de Victoria ranks 2. Before him is Giordano Bruno. After him are Simon Stevin, Francisco Suárez, Karel van Mander, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Honda Tadakatsu, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Bianca Cappello, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, and Fatma Sultan. Among people deceased in 1611, Tomás Luis de Victoria ranks 2. Before him is Charles IX of Sweden. After him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Henry Hudson, Eleanor de' Medici, Katō Kiyomasa, Bartholomeus Spranger, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Antonio Possevino, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Sanada Masayuki, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tomás Luis de Victoria ranks 85 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Amancio Ortega (1936), Avempace (1080), Ibn Tufail (1110), and Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784). After him are Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Roderic (688), Juan Gris (1887), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), and Rafael Benítez (1960).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Tomás Luis de Victoria ranks 1. After him are Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), Francisco Tárrega (1852), Manuel de Falla (1876), Enrique Granados (1867), Jordi Savall (1941), Antonio Soler (1729), Joaquín Turina (1882), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Federico Mompou (1893), and Antonio de Cabezón (1510).

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