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Musica Quid Defles

Antxieta Juan de |

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Duration:
3m 31s
Title on Youtube:
Juan de Anchieta (?): Musica Quid Defles (lament on the death of Alexander Agricola)
Description on Youtube:
Juan de Anchieta (1462 - 1523) Spanish composer; relation of St Ignatius Loyola. From 1489 to 1519 he served at the courts of Castile and Aragon and may have visited the Netherlands; in 1519 he retired to become a parish priest at Azpeitia. He was one of the leading Spanish church composers of the time; the two Masses and many motets which survive show extensive use of plainsong and much chordal writing Performers: Graindelavoix