motet notes - Victoria

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), a prominent figure of the late Renaissance, is the most well known Spanish composer of the 16th century. While Victoria may have studied with Palestrina during his twenty-year tenure in Rome, his music departs from his Italian mentors via its more direct, passionate emotional appeal. Vere languores, a profoundly poignant and fervent lament, utilizes a variety of motives and textures to capture mystery and awe of the text from Isaiah 53: 4-5.

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