He was born in Zamora, studied at Salamanca where he was a singer, and in 1536 joined the papal choir in Rome as only the second Spaniard to be admitted after Cristóbal de Morales. He remained in Rome until 1554, interrupted by a short return to his home in 1541-5. When he left the papal choir he returned to Spain, taking a non-resident prebend at the cathedral in Segovia.[1]
He had his share of difficulties while in Rome, mostly due to his short temper and illness. Records from the Vatican, the Diarii Sistini, show that he was fined on two occasions for calling a fellow singer an "ass" and a "fat pig", and that he was inexplicably excommunicated for one day in 1546.[2] Despite this, he was well regarded as a theorist and was famously involved in judging the public debate of 1551 between Nicola Vicentino and Vicenzo Lusitano over the relevance of ancient Greekmodes to 16th century music.[3]
Escobedo has been speculated to be the teacher of Tomás Luis de Victoria, but no firm evidence of this has been uncovered.[4]
bartolomé, escobedo, 1515, august, 1563, spanish, composer, renaissance, contents, biography, works, notes, references, further, readingbiography, edithe, born, zamora, studied, salamanca, where, singer, 1536, joined, papal, choir, rome, only, second, spaniard. Bartolome de Escobedo 1515 August 11 1563 was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Notes 4 References and further readingBiography editHe was born in Zamora studied at Salamanca where he was a singer and in 1536 joined the papal choir in Rome as only the second Spaniard to be admitted after Cristobal de Morales He remained in Rome until 1554 interrupted by a short return to his home in 1541 5 When he left the papal choir he returned to Spain taking a non resident prebend at the cathedral in Segovia 1 He had his share of difficulties while in Rome mostly due to his short temper and illness Records from the Vatican the Diarii Sistini show that he was fined on two occasions for calling a fellow singer an ass and a fat pig and that he was inexplicably excommunicated for one day in 1546 2 Despite this he was well regarded as a theorist and was famously involved in judging the public debate of 1551 between Nicola Vicentino and Vicenzo Lusitano over the relevance of ancient Greek modes to 16th century music 3 Escobedo has been speculated to be the teacher of Tomas Luis de Victoria but no firm evidence of this has been uncovered 4 Of his music only two masses six motets and one villancico survive Works editMasses Missa Ad te levavi a6 Missa Philippus Rex Hispanie a6 Motets Domme non secundum a5 Erravi sicut ovis a4 Exurge quare obdormis a4 Hodie completi sunt a5 Immutentur habitu a4 Magna opera Domini a4 Villancico Ay ay ay quien se queja a6 Notes edit Fuimara p 50 Fuimara p 50 Fuimara p 50 4 Fuimara p 54References and further reading editAnthony Fiumara Escobedo s Missa Philippus Rex Hispanie a Spanish descendant of Josquin s Hercules Mass Early Music Vol 28 2000 pp 50 62 Stevenson Robert 1980 Bartolome de Escobedo In Sadie Stanley ed The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vol vi 1st ed London Macmillan p 244 Gustave Reese Music in the Renaissance New York W W Norton amp Co 1954 ISBN 0 393 09530 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bartolome de Escobedo amp oldid 1218502549, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
