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Francisco Guerrero
1528–1599
A leading voice in Spanish Renaissance music, this priest-composer wrote sacred works admired far beyond Seville. His music is especially loved for its warmth, clarity, and expressive devotion.
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Itinerario da viagem, que fez a Jerusalem o M.R.P.
by Francisco Guerrero
About the author
Born in Seville in 1528, Francisco Guerrero became one of the major Spanish composers of the 16th century. He trained early, worked as a chapel musician while still young, and built a career centered on church music, especially masses, motets, and settings connected with the Virgin Mary.
Much of his life was tied to Seville Cathedral, though his music traveled widely in print and performance during his lifetime. He was known not only in Spain but also across Europe and in the Spanish world overseas, which helped make him one of the most widely heard Iberian composers of his age.
Guerrero also wrote an account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, giving a rare personal glimpse of a Renaissance musician's life beyond the choir stall. He died in Seville in 1599, and today he is remembered alongside Cristóbal de Morales and Tomás Luis de Victoria as one of the great masters of Spanish sacred music.