About the composer
Pedro de Escobar was born in Oporto, Portugal about 1465. He was also referred to as Pedro
de Porto, or Pedro del Puerto and is regarded as the leading Portuguese composer of his
time. He was a singer in the royal Castillian chapel of queen Isabella and after that
worked at the Portuguese court. From 1507 to 1514 he was Master of the Chapel in Sevilla,
Spain. He probably died in Evora in 1535. Among his works are two mass settings, eight
hymns and seven motets.
| Date | ca. 1500? |
| Performers | Countertenor, 2 Tenors, Bass |
| Length | 3.14 minutes |
| Particulars | A polyphonic interpretation of the first stanzas. |
| Textual variations | Only the first two stanzas are sung. |
| CD | CRD 3450: Pedro de Escobar - Motets - Hymns - Missa pro defunctis |
| About this CD | One of Escobar's masses, and some other vocal works Recorded at All Hallows Church, London, in August 1987. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 1998 |
| Choir | Quodlibet, in fact consisting of: |
| Soloists | John Douglas-Williams, countertenor Angus Smith, tenor Nicolas Robertson, tenor Philip Lawson, bass |
| Other works | Missa Pro Defunctis Hostis Herodes Asperges me Ave Maris Stella Clamabat autum mulier Deus tuorum militum Beates es Salve Regina |
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