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Ο Ισπανός συνθέτης, ιερέας, τραγουδιστής και οργανίστας Thomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611) υπήρξε μια από τις σημαντικότερες μουσικές φυσιογνωμίες του 26ου αι. και από τους μεγάλους δάσκαλους της Αναγεννησιακής πολυφωνίας, με το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του σωζόμενου έργου του να αφορά θρησκευτική, χορωδιακή μουσική.
Ακούμε το πρώτο μέρος, Introitus από τη Missa Pro Defunctis, τη νεκρική λειτουργία του για τετραμερή χορωδία, σύνθεση του 1583.

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The Spanish composer, priest, singer and organist Thomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611) was one of the most important musical figures of the 26th century, and one of the great masters of Renaissance polyphony, with most of his surviving work being religious, choral music.
We hear the first part, Introitus, from Missa Pro Defunctis, his funeral mass for four-part choir, composed in 1583.

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Enjoy!

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