Vicente Lusitano - Wikipedia
Vicente Lusitano (c. 1520 – c. 1561) [1] [2] was a Portuguese composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance. Some of his works on musical theory and a small number of compositions survive. Lusitano was for a time a Catholic priest and taught in several Italian cities, but later converted to Protestantism.
The great 16th-Century black composer erased from history - BBC
Jun 15, 2022 · For hundreds of years, the remarkable Vicente Lusitano has been forgotten. But now, finally, both his music and his story are being heard once more, writes Holly Williams.
The music theorist and composer Vicente Lusitano (1561)
Vicente Lusitano was a sixteenth-century composer and musical theorist perhaps most famous for winning a public debate with Nicola Vicentino and for his important book on theory entitled Introdutione facilissima et novissima de canto ferma (1553).
The Life and Music of Vicente Lusitano - YouTube
Join University of Michigan faculty member Garrett Schumann and UK-based choir conductor Joseph McHardy for a thrilling exploration of the life and music of ...
A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth
Jan 5, 2023 · The reputation of Vicente Lusitano, one of the earliest known composers of African descent active in Europe, was thwarted for centuries.
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Vicente Lusitano (ca. 1520 – ca. 1561) is arguably the most significant Portuguese composer of his time and, quite possibly, of all time. Most of the details of his life remain a mystery, and what little we do know has come down to us from 17th- and 18th-century sources examined in recent decades by Maria Augusta Barbosa (1977) and Robert ...
Composer in the news: Vicente Lusitano, ahead of his time and …
Jan 2, 2023 · Vicente Lusitano is currently experiencing a bit of a resurgence, in both the public and scholarly eye. He has long been known to those interested in the intricacies of Renaissance music theory; until recently, his reputation rested largely on winning a 1551 debate against fellow theorist Nicola Vicentino.
Vicente Lusitano - A Legacy Recovered - Early Music America
Aug 14, 2023 · Prominent histories of European music have mostly, or entirely, ignored the compelling biography of Vicente Lusitano. The composer was never wholly forgotten, at least among specialists in Renaissance music.
Every student of Renaissance music knows of Vicente Lusitano's struggle with Nicola Vicentino; from Hawkins to the present every historian has told the story of their debate on the genera, ending in a decision for Lusitano.
The Life and Music of Vicente Lusitano | Ann Arbor District …
Oct 2, 2022 · Join University of Michigan faculty member Garrett Schumann and UK-based choir conductor Joseph McHardy for a thrilling exploration of the life and music of Afro-Portuguese Renaissance composer Vicente Lusitano.
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