I have been working for really a very long time in church music, which attracts me in a natural way and, since I may elicit from the others’ opinions, quite successfully.
I have been working for really a very long time in church music, which attracts me in a natural way and, since I may elicit from the others’ opinions, quite successfully.
Hymni totius anni, 1581. Dedication for Pope Gregory XIII.
...that glory of God our Lord has not left Spain or Italy such a particular book like this for organists.
Letter to Jaen Cathedral Chapter. 10th. of February 1601.
Considering not the gift, but the intention of the person offering it, benefits this task, expecting in a future time, in the case that God allowed me a longer life, greater gifts
Officium Defunctorum, 1605. Dedication for Margaret of Austria.
In this court, and in Spain, my books hav pleased, and the King really liked them, particularly his and the Duke of Savoy's and his daughter, the princess.
Letter to Giovanni Giovenale Ancina. 17th. of October 1586.
I miss the sweet priests' conversation, and I'm not far from returning to this holy city and die in it.
Letter to Giovanni Giovenale Ancina. 17th. of October 1586.
I did this Officium for death and honor of the Empress Our Lady, who will be in heaven; which being, to the glory of God, so excellent I have sent to all the princes and prelates of Christendom.
Letter to Gollegium Germanicum Rectors in Rome. 1st. of February 1606.
Silencio. Del instante
lunar, la fuente brota.
¡Dios mío! Estamos muertos.
Gira el astro. Se borra
la eternidad herida,
las heridas palomas,
el cristal donde estalla
la luz que se desploma.
Todas las almas
llevan sangrando su corona.
Sin tiempo. Sin caminos.
Como un árbol sin hoja.
Como una primavera muda,
y errante y rota...
Acordes a Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1952
¿Aún abrirás los bosques?
¿Aún talarás las olas?
¿Alzarás las columnas
de la noche a la gloria?
¿Gotearás de estrellas
las rojas amapolas?
¿Harás brillar los peces
sobre la orilla sola?
¿Prenderás tus marfiles
en las cimas remotas?
¿Poblarás con tu lumbre
crepuscular la aurora?
¿Serás el mismo que eras,
Tomás Luis de Victoria?
¿Llevarás en la mano
la dorada limosna,
misteriosa moneda,
luna verde y redonda,
ojo donde los hombres
apacientan sus horas?
Acordes a Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1952
And though these people do not give more than they have cost the postage and printing, I am pleased, because I do not live with it, and my intention was only that churches would be served by my works.
Letter to Sigüenza Cathedral Dean. 25th. of March 1588.
...I shall be obliged to serve Your Lordship to send the other things bring by me to light, I think it will be for the service of God our Lord, and also the taste of Your Lordship.
Letter to Jaen Cathedral Chapter. 20th. of July 1593.