About the composer
Sebastián de Vivanco (1551 - 1622) is one of the composers from the Spanish Golden Age.
In the sixteenth century a common European style of church music existed, amongst whose
most famous exponents were Josquin Desprez, Lassus, Byrd and the Spanish composer
Victoria. In Spain, then the most powerful nation in the world, a large number of
composers used this Franco-Flemish polyphony and de Vivanco is one of these. He was a
master of canon and counterpoint who wrote excellent masses and magnificats. He was
chapelmaster at the cathedral of Salamanca.
| Date | ca. 1600? |
| Performers | Countertenor, 2 tenors, bass |
| Length | 3.41 minutes |
| Particulars | A polyphonic interpretation of the first stanzas, brief but expressive. |
| Textual variations | Only the first two stanzas and stanza 6 are sung. |
| CD | Teldec 2292-46003-2 (2 CD's) El Siglo de Oro: Spanish Sacred Music of the Renaissance |
| About this CD | A double CD dedicated to the Spanish cathedral music in the
Golden Age of Spain. Recorded at St.Alban's Church, Holborn, London, in June 1978. |
| Choir | Pro Cantione Antiqua |
| Conductor | Bruno Turner |
| Soloists | |
| Other works | Tomas Luis de Victoria: Salve Regina + O sacrum convivium +
Senex puerum portavit + Ave Maria + O Ildephonse + Duo Seraphim clamabant + Quam pulchri
sunt gressus tui + Magnificat + Super flumina Babylonis + Domine nonsum dignus + Beati
immaculati + Sancta Maria Francisco Guerrero: Salve Regina + Magnificat + O Domine, Jesu Christe + Ave virgo sanctissima Juan Esquivel Barahona: Veni Domine, et noli tangere Rodrigo de Ceballos: Hortus conclusus Juan Pujol: Laudate Dominum Juan Navarro: In passione positus Cristobal de Morales: O, crux, ave, spes unica Juan de Castro: Angelus ad Pastores Ait Alonso Lobo: O quam suavis est |
| Added | Unknown VIV 01 |
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