¿Estarás donde estabas,
Tomás Luis de Victoria?
¿Al pie de las vidrieras
abiertas a las olas?
El órgano de plata.
Los rosales sin rosas.
El viento galopando
por la luz misteriosa.
El amarillo otoño
besándonos la boca.
¿Estarás donde estabas,
Tomás Luis de Victoria?
¿Al pie de las vidrieras
abiertas a las olas?
El órgano de plata.
Los rosales sin rosas.
El viento galopando
por la luz misteriosa.
El amarillo otoño
besándonos la boca.
Acordes a Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1952
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.
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.
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 have been accepted, by special favour of your mother, Augustan and Caesarean Empress, as one of the priests who assist her in anything concerning religious matters
Missae, 1592. Dedication for prince cardinal Albert.
Likewise any kind of music has come out of some harmonic sounds produced by disharmonic voices, but reaching monarchs’ ears as something playful and pleasant, nearly heavenly.
Missae, magnificat, motecta, psalmi, 1600. Dedication for Philip III.
...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.
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.
If there were someone trying to find purposes everywhere, there is not a single thing as useful as music, which, reaching our hearts soft but deeply, through the message left in our hearing, provides a clear benefit not only for our soul but also for our body
Cantica Beata Virginis, 1581. Dedication for the Cardinal Michelle Bonello.
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