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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Whom was this piece, composed by a Spanish musician, more fairly dedicated for than for the Spanish catholic King, pious and worthy of God’s love?
Missarum libri duo, 1583. Dedication for Philip II.
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.
¿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 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.
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