...I supplicate your Lordship has great care with the correcting of this book, and that every letter is put in place.
...I supplicate your Lordship has great care with the correcting of this book, and that every letter is put in place.
Note to his Vesper Pslams printer.
I think Your Lordship will be pleased with the printing, because although there are many singers in this holy church, it's point enogh for everyone.
Letter to Sevilla Cathedral Chapter. 14th. of January 1582.
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 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.
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.
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.
...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.
¿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
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.