Short bio Tomas Luis de Victoria
Birthday:
1548 in Avila, Spain
Died:
1611 in Madrid, Spain
Genre:
Classical,Religious
Period:
Renaissance
Full biography Tomas Luis de Victoria
Tomás Luis de Victoria was a composer who lived during the Renaissance period in Spain. He was born in Ávila, Spain in 1548, and died in 1611 in Madrid. Victoria was one of the most significant composers of the Counter-Reformation period, and he is known for his contribution to religious music.
Victoria was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1575, and he spent most of his career as a musician and composer in Rome, where he served as chaplain to the Pontifical Roman Seminary. During his time in Rome, he composed some of his most famous works including Officium Defunctorum, which is a requiem for the death of Philip II of Spain.
Victoria's music was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church, and many of his compositions were written to be performed during religious ceremonies. His compositions were known for their polyphonic texture, which is a musical style characterized by multiple voices singing melodies at the same time. This style was integral to the development of early Baroque music.
Victoria's most famous works include his masses, motets, and hymns. His music was highly regarded by his contemporaries, and it continues to be performed and admired today. His compositions have had a long-lasting influence on later composers and have contributed significantly to the development of choral music.
Overall, Tomás Luis de Victoria was an essential composer of his time. He contributed significantly to the development of religious music during the Renaissance period and is still regarded as an important figure in the world of classical music.
Compositions featuring Tomas Luis de Victoria
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ave maris stella, hymn for 4 voices | 3:32 min | Choral | 1600 |
| 2 | Ecce nunc benedicite (Psalm 133), for 8 voices | 3:16 min | Choral | 1600 |
| 3 | Nunc Dimittis, for 4 voices | 1:52 min | Choral | 1600 |
| 4 | Te Deum, hymn for 4 voices | 9:35 min | Choral | 1600 |
| 5 | Victimae paschali, sequence for 8 voices & organ | 3:08 min | Choral | 1600 |
| 6 | Missa Salve regina, for 8 voices & organ | 18:14 min | Choral | 1592 |
| 7 | Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 2 choirs & organ | 5:40 min | Choral | 1581 |
| 8 | Ardens est cor meum, motet for 6 voices | 3:13 min | Choral | 1576 |
| 9 | Missa Ave maris stella, for 4 voices | 21:07 min | Choral | 1576 |
| 10 | Missa De Beata Maria Virgine, for 5 voices | 27:30 min | Choral | 1576 |
| 11 | Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), for 8 voices & organ | 5:17 min | Choral | 1576 |
| 12 | Salve regina, antiphon for 5 voices | 5:51 min | Choral | 1576 |
| 13 | Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 5 voices | 5:09 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 14 | Ascendens Christus in altum, motet for 5 voices | 4:35 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 15 | Ave Maria, gratia plena, motet for 8 voices & organ | 4:15 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 16 | Ave regina coelorum, antiphon for 5 voices | 4:34 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 17 | Congratulamini mihi, motet for 6 voices | 3:54 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 18 | O magnum mysterium, motet for 4 voices | 3:43 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 19 | O sacrum convivium, motet for 6 voices | 4:11 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 20 | Regina coeli, antiphon for 5 voices | 3:42 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 21 | Vidi speciosam, motet for 6 voices | 6:56 min | Choral | 1572 |
| 22 | Ave Maria, motet for 4 voices | 2:51 min | Choral | 1570 |
| 23 | Ad caenam agni providi, hymn for 4 voices | 6:44 min | Choral | - |
| 24 | Ad Vesperas, for 4 voices | 73:55 min | Choral | - |
| 25 | Aestimatus sum, responsory for 4 voices | 2:46 min | Choral | - |
| 26 | Amicus meus, responsory for 4 voices | 3:09 min | Choral | - |
| 27 | Animam meam dilectam, responsory for 4 voices | 6:22 min | Choral | - |
| 28 | Astiterunt reges, responsory for 4 voices | 2:14 min | Choral | - |
| 29 | Aurea luce, hymn for 4 voices | 5:02 min | Choral | - |
| 30 | Ave maris stella, hymn for 4 voices | 6:36 min | Choral | - |
| 31 | Ave regina coelorum, antiphon for 8 voices & organ | 3:51 min | Choral | - |
| 32 | Beata es, Virgo Maria, motet for six voices | 3:20 min | Choral | - |
| 33 | Beati Immaculati, motet for 4 voices | 2:39 min | Choral | - |
| 34 | Beatus vir, motet for 4 voices | 4:38 min | Choral | - |
| 35 | Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas, motet for 6 voices | 2:58 min | Choral | - |
| 36 | Benedictus Deus Dominus Israel, responsory for 4 voices | 4:06 min | Choral | - |
| 37 | Caligaverunt oculi mei, responsory for 4 voices | 5:11 min | Choral | - |
| 38 | Christe, redemptor omnium [I], hymn for 4 voices | 6:33 min | Choral | - |
| 39 | Cogitavit Dominus, lamentation for 4 voices | 4:51 min | Choral | - |
| 40 | Conditor alme siderum, hymn for 4 voices | 5:04 min | Choral | - |
| 41 | Confitebor tibi Domine, motet for 4 voices | 5:10 min | Choral | - |
| 42 | Credidi, motet for 4 voices | 4:31 min | Choral | - |
| 43 | Cum beatus Ignatius, motet for 5 voices | 4:21 min | Choral | - |
| 44 | Date ei de fructu, motet for 4 voices | 1:23 min | Choral | - |
| 45 | Descendit angelus Domini, motet for 5 voices | 4:53 min | Choral | - |
| 46 | Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 8 voices | 5:38 min | Choral | - |
| 47 | Doctor bonus amicus Dei Andreas, motet for 4 voices | 3:12 min | Choral | - |
| 48 | Domine, non sum dignus, motet for 4 voices | 3:08 min | Choral | - |
| 49 | Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes, motet for 5 voices | 6:17 min | Choral | - |
| 50 | Duo seraphim clamabant, motet for 4 voices | 3:28 min | Choral | - |
| 51 | Ecce Dominus veniet, motet for 5 voices | 4:31 min | Choral | - |
| 52 | Ecce quomodo moritur, responsory for 4 voices | 4:32 min | Choral | - |
| 53 | Ecce sacerdos magnus, motet for 4 voices | 1:46 min | Choral | - |
| 54 | Ego sum panis vivus, motet for 4 voices | 3:07 min | Choral | - |
| 55 | Ego vir videns, lamentation for 5 voices | 5:43 min | Choral | - |
| 56 | Eram quasi agnus, responsory for 4 voices | 3:24 min | Choral | - |
| 57 | Estote fortes in bello, motet for 4 voices | 2:05 min | Choral | - |
| 58 | Et egressus est, lamentation for 4 voices | 5:42 min | Choral | - |
| 59 | Gaude, Maria virgo, motet for 5 voices | 2:16 min | Choral | - |
| 60 | Gaudent in coelis animae Sanctorum, motet for 4 voices | 2:25 min | Choral | - |
| 61 | Hic vir despiciens mundum, motet for 4 voices | 1:53 min | Choral | - |
| 62 | Hostis Herodes impie, hymn for 4 voices | 4:37 min | Choral | - |
| 63 | Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae, lamentation for 4 voices | 5:53 min | Choral | - |
| 64 | Incipit oratio Jeremiae, lamentation for 6 voices | 6:16 min | Choral | - |
| 65 | Iste sanctus pro lege, motet for 4 voices | 2:06 min | Choral | - |
| 66 | Jesu nostra redemptio, hymn for 4 voices | 5:18 min | Choral | - |
| 67 | Jesu, dulcis memoria, hymn for 4 voice (spurious) | 1:56 min | Choral | - |
| 68 | Jesum tradidit impius, responsory for 4 voices | 2:56 min | Choral | - |
| 69 | Judas mercator, responsory for 4 voices | 2:25 min | Choral | - |
| 70 | Laetatus sum (Psalm 121), for 12 voices & organ | 6:36 min | Choral | - |
| 71 | Lamentations for Good Friday, for chorus | 14:27 min | Choral | - |
| 72 | Lamentations for Holy Saturday, for chorus | 19:30 min | Choral | - |
| 73 | Lamentations for Maundy Thursday, for chorus | 18:21 min | Choral | - |
| 74 | Lamentations, for chorus | 34:21 min | Choral | - |
| 75 | Lauda mater ecclesia, hymn for 4 voices | 5:46 min | Choral | - |
| 76 | Lauda Sion, sequence for 8 voices | 3:02 min | Choral | - |
| 77 | Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Psalm 116), for 8 voices | 3:20 min | Choral | - |
| 78 | Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for 8 voices & organ | 5:31 min | Choral | - |
| 79 | Laudate pueri, motet for 4 voices | 3:41 min | Choral | - |
| 80 | Libera me, responsory for 4 voices (Missa pro defunctus I) | 10:17 min | Choral | - |
| 81 | Libera me, responsory for 6 voices (Missa pro defunctis II) | Choral | - | |
| 82 | Litaniae de Beata Virgine, for 8 voices & organ | 7:25 min | Choral | - |
| 83 | Magi viderunt stellam, motet for 4 voices | 3:20 min | Choral | - |
| 84 | Magnificat octavi toni (even), for 4 voices | 9:34 min | Choral | - |
| 85 | Magnificat octavi toni (odd), for 4 voices | 10:22 min | Choral | - |
| 86 | Magnificat primi toni (all), for 8 voices & organ | 10:05 min | Choral | - |
| 87 | Magnificat primi toni (even), for 4 voices | 8:46 min | Choral | - |
| 88 | Magnificat primi toni (odd), for 4 voices | 14:19 min | Choral | - |
| 89 | Magnificat quinti toni (even), for 4 voices | 8:17 min | Choral | - |
| 90 | Magnificat septimi toni (even), for 4 voices | 8:23 min | Choral | - |
| 91 | Magnificat septimi toni (odd), for 4 voices | 10:15 min | Choral | - |
| 92 | Magnificat sexti tone (all), for 12 voices & organ | 8:53 min | Choral | - |
| 93 | Manum suam, lamentation for 5 voices | 6:04 min | Choral | - |
| 94 | Matribus suis dixerunt, lamentation for 4 voices | 4:54 min | Choral | - |
| 95 | Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 1), for 8 voices | 5:22 min | Choral | - |
| 96 | Misericordiae Domini, lamentation for 4 voices | 5:07 min | Choral | - |
| 97 | Missa Alma Redemptoris mater, for 2 choirs & organ | 10:07 min | Choral | - |
| 98 | Missa Ascendens Christus, for 5 voices | 20:00 min | Choral | - |
| 99 | Missa Ave regina coelorum, for 8 voices | 16:06 min | Choral | - |
| 100 | Missa Dum complerentur, for 6 voices | 28:58 min | Choral | - |
| 101 | Missa Gaudeamus, for 6 voices | 17:34 min | Choral | - |
| 102 | Missa Laetatus sum, for 12 voices & organ | 20:52 min | Choral | - |
| 103 | Missa O magnum mysterium, for 4 voices | 14:24 min | Choral | - |
| 104 | Missa O Quam gloriosum, for 4 voices | 20:56 min | Choral | - |
| 105 | Missa Pro defunctis I, for 4 voices | 41:50 min | Choral | - |
| 106 | Missa Pro defunctis II, for 6 voices | 44:45 min | Choral | - |
| 107 | Missa Pro victoria, for 9 voices & organ | 10:00 min | Choral | - |
| 108 | Missa Quam pulchri sunt, for 4 voices | Choral | - | |
| 109 | Missa Simile est regnum coelorum, for 4 voices | 23:29 min | Choral | - |
| 110 | Missa Surge propera, for 5 voices | 27:07 min | Choral | - |
| 111 | Missa Trahe me post te, for 5 voices | 26:03 min | Choral | - |
| 112 | Missa Vidi speciosam, for 6 voices | 20:49 min | Choral | - |
| 113 | Ne timeas, Maria (In Annuntiatione Benissimae Mariae), motet for 4 voices | 3:08 min | Choral | - |
| 114 | Nigra sum sed formosa, motet for 6 voices | 3:42 min | Choral | - |
| 115 | O decus apostolicum, motet for 4 voices | 2:43 min | Choral | - |
| 116 | O doctor optime, motet for 4 voices | 2:49 min | Choral | - |
| 117 | O Domine Jesu Christe, motet for 6 voices | 3:02 min | Choral | - |
| 118 | O Ildephonse, motet for 8 voices & organ | 2:51 min | Choral | - |
| 119 | O Lux et Decus Hispaniae, motet for 5 voices | 2:48 min | Choral | - |
| 120 | O Quam Gloriosum est regnum, motet for 4 voices | 2:53 min | Choral | - |
| 121 | O regem coeli, motet for 4 voices | 4:28 min | Choral | - |
| 122 | O sacrum convivium, motet for 4 voices | 4:00 min | Choral | - |
| 123 | O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam, motet for 4 voices | 4:36 min | Choral | - |
| 124 | O vos omnes, responsory for 4 voices | 3:25 min | Choral | - |
| 125 | Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, for 3-8 voices | 66:25 min | Choral | - |
| 126 | Pange lingua "more hispano," hymn for 4 voices | 8:43 min | Choral | - |
| 127 | Pange lingua, hymn for 4 voices | 6:33 min | Choral | - |
| 128 | Passio secundum Joannem, for 4 voices | 30:47 min | Choral | - |
| 129 | Peccantem me quotidie, responsory for 4 voices (Missa Pro defunctis I) | 4:40 min | Choral | - |
| 130 | Popule meus, responsory (improperium) for 4 voices | 4:26 min | Choral | - |
| 131 | Pueri Hebraeorum, motet for 4 voices | 2:48 min | Choral | - |
| 132 | Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui, motet for 4 voices | 3:58 min | Choral | - |
| 133 | Quem vidistis, pastores, motet for 6 voices | 5:11 min | Choral | - |
| 134 | Quomodo Obscuratum, lamentation for 4 voices | 5:27 min | Choral | - |
| 135 | Recessit pastor noster, responsory for 4 voices | 3:16 min | Choral | - |
| 136 | Regina coeli, antiphon for 8 voices & organ | 4:13 min | Choral | - |
| 137 | Resplenduit facies eius, motet for 5 voices | 0:39 min | Choral | - |
| 138 | Salve regina, antiphon for 6 voices | 9:05 min | Choral | - |
| 139 | Salve regina, antiphon for 8 voices & organ | 9:56 min | Choral | - |
| 140 | Salvete, flores martyrum, hymn for 4 voices | 3:07 min | Choral | - |
| 141 | Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, motet for 4 voices | 3:45 min | Choral | - |
| 142 | Senex puerum portabat, motet for 4 voices | 3:22 min | Choral | - |
| 143 | Seniores populis, responsory for 4 voices | 4:19 min | Choral | - |
| 144 | Sepulto Domino, responsory for 4 voices | 3:54 min | Choral | - |
| 145 | Super flumina Babylonis (Psalm 136), for 8 voices | 4:51 min | Choral | - |
| 146 | Surrexit Pastor Bonus, motet for 6 voices | 2:52 min | Choral | - |
| 147 | Taedet animam meam, responsory for 6 voices (Missa Pro defunctis II) | 3:41 min | Choral | - |
| 148 | Tamquam ad latronem, responsory for 4 voices | 3:37 min | Choral | - |
| 149 | Tantum ergo, hymn for 5 voices | 2:33 min | Choral | - |
| 150 | Tenebrae factae sunt, responsory for 4 voices | 4:20 min | Choral | - |
| 151 | Tibi, Christe, splendor Patris, hymn for 4 voices | 3:42 min | Choral | - |
| 152 | Tradiderunt me, responsory for 4 voices | 2:27 min | Choral | - |
| 153 | Trahe me post te, motet for 6 voices | 2:49 min | Choral | - |
| 154 | Tristes erant apostoli, hymn for 4 voices | 4:22 min | Choral | - |
| 155 | Tu es Petrus, motet for 6 voices | 4:52 min | Choral | - |
| 156 | Una hora, responsory for 4 voices | 3:02 min | Choral | - |
| 157 | Unus ex discipulis, responsory for 4 voices | 2:53 min | Choral | - |
| 158 | Ut queant laxis, hymn for 4 voices | 7:35 min | Choral | - |
| 159 | Vadam, et circumibo civitatem, motet for 6 voices | 10:05 min | Choral | - |
| 160 | Veni Creator Spiritus, hymn for 4 voices | 6:30 min | Choral | - |
| 161 | Veni Sancte Spiritus, sequence fo 8 voices | 3:19 min | Choral | - |
| 162 | Veni sponsa Christi, motet for 4 voices | 2:11 min | Choral | - |
| 163 | Vere languores nostros, motet for 4 voices | 3:19 min | Choral | - |
| 164 | Versa est in luctum, motet for 6 voices (Missa Pro defunctis II) | 4:03 min | Choral | - |
| 165 | Vexilla regis "more hispano," hymn for 4 voices | 9:40 min | Choral | - |
| 166 | Vexilla regis prodeunt, hymn for 4 voices | 8:04 min | Choral | - |
| 167 | Vidi aquam, antiphon for 4 voices | 4:41 min | Choral | - |
| 168 | Vidi speciosam, motet for 8 voices | Choral | - |
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