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Requiem Aeternam, Pedro de Escobar. Requiem Aeternam, Pedro de Escobar Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem. …More
Requiem Aeternam, Pedro de Escobar.

Requiem Aeternam, Pedro de Escobar

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam;
ad te omnis caro veniet.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Dales Señor, el eterno descanso, y que la luz perpetua los ilumine, Señor.
En Sión cantan dignamente tus alabanzas.
En Jerusalén te ofrecen sacrificios.
Escucha mis plegarias, Tú, hacia quien van todos los mortales.
Dales Señor, el eterno descanso, y que brille para ellos la luz perpetua.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
A hymn becomes you, O God, in Zion,
and to you shall a vow be repaid in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer;
to you shall all flesh come.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them

Pedro de Escobar (circa 1465 -- después de 1535), también conocido como Pedro do Porto, fue un compositor portugués del Renacimiento, que desarrolló principalmente en España. Fue uno de los primeros y más diestros compositores de polifonía en la Península Ibérica, cuyas obras han sobrevivido.

Nació en Oporto, Portugal, pero se desconoce los detalles de su vida hasta su entrada al servicio de Isabel de Castilla en 1489. Fue cantor en su capilla durante diez años, y también estuvo trabajando como compositor; era además el único miembro portugués de la capilla. En 1499 volvió a Portugal, pero en 1507 recibió una oferta de empleo, que aceptó, como el maestro de capilla de la catedral de Sevilla.

Mientras tanto tenía a su cargo a los chicos del coro, cuidando su alojamiento y comidas, además de tener que enseñarles a cantar; finalmente dimitió debido a su bajo salario. En 1521 estaba trabajando en Portugal como mestre da capela para el Cardinal Dom Affonso. Sin embargo, su carrera parece que terminó de mala manera; según se menciona en un documento de 1535, era alcohólico y vivía en la pobreza. Murió en Évora.

Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 -- after 1535), a.k.a. Pedro do Porto, was a Portuguese composer of the Renaissance, mostly active in Spain. He was one of the earliest and most skilled composers of polyphony in the Iberian Peninsula, whose music has survived.
He was born at Oporto, Portugal, but nothing is known of his life until he entered the service of Isabella I of Castile in 1489. His surname is of Castilian origin, and maybe he was born to Castilian immigrants, or descendants, established in Porto. But Castilians regarded him as Portuguese.

He was a singer in the Catholic Queen's chapel for ten years, and clearly was working as a composer as well; in addition he was the only member of her chapel described in court records as Portuguese. In 1499 he returned to his native Portugal, but in 1507 received an offer of employment, which he accepted, as the maestro de capilla (chapel master in castilian language) at the cathedral in Seville.

While there he had charge of the choirboys, having to take care of their room and board in addition to having to teach them to sing; he complained of low pay, and eventually resigned. In 1521 he was working in Portugal, as mestre de capela (kapellmeister in Portuguese) for prince Dom Afonso, Cardinal-Infante of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal. His career seems to have ended badly, however, for the final record of his life there is a mention in a document of 1535 that he was an alcoholic and living in squalor. He died in Évora.

Two complete masses of Escobar have survived, including a Requiem (Missa pro defunctis), the earliest by a composer from the Iberian peninsula. His known work also includes a setting of the Magnificat, 7 motets (including one Stabat Mater), 4 antiphons, 8 hymns, and 18 villancicos, but it is highly probable that his authorship is hidden among the many anonymous works of the Portuguese and Spanish renaissance manuscripts. His music was popular, as attested by the appearance of copies in far-off places; for example native scribes copied two of his manuscripts in Guatemala. His motet Clamabat autem mulier Cananea was particularly praised by his contemporaries, and served as the source for instrumental pieces by later composers.
(wikipedia)

Performers: Hespèrion XXI/La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Images: Graves and sacred art during the reign of the Catholic Kings.