Tomas Luis De Victoria

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Composed by one of the best regarded composers of sacred music, a genre Tomas Luis de Victoria devoted himself to exclusively, Ave Maria portrays his utmost passion for the Spanish religion. Though Tomas Luis de Victoria is a Spanish composer, singer and organist, he is often called the ‘Spanish Palestrina’ as there are speculations that he may have been taught by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, as his compositions include may influences by the Italian’s Style. Ave Maria, is a choral sacred piece with lyrics from the Bible’s New Testament. It includes all 4 vocal ranges types, from quite a high pitched soprano to a deep bass. The piece includes many melodic ascending and descending phrases, and surprising contrasts in not only rhythmic variety

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