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Francisco Guerrero
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| Born Seville, ? 4 Oct 1528; died there, 8 Nov 1599, Spanish composer. A pupil of Morales, he also taught himself the vihuela, harp, cornett and organ.He was maestro de capilla of Jaén Cathedral (1546-9) and then vice- maestro (1551) and maestro (1574-99) of Seville Cathedral. He visited Rome (1581-2), Venice and the Holy Land (1588-9).
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| The most important 16th-century Spanish composer of sacred music after Victoria, he published 18 masses and ca 150 motets; because of their singable, diatonic lines, they remained in use in Spanish and Spanish-American cathedrals for more than two centuries after his death.He also published secular songs; many other works survive in anthologies and Masses. His brother Pedro (Born Seville, ca 1520), his first teacher, was also a composer.
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