Ambrosio (Coronado de) Cotes (c. 15501603) was a Spanish Renaissance composer. Cotes was born in Villena,

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

around 1550 of noble birth. He studied theology with the Theatines of

Yecla Yecla () is a town and municipality in eastern Spain, in the extreme north of the autonomous community of Murcia, located 96 km from the capital of the region, Murcia. Toponymy The origin of the term Yecla comes from the Arabic Yakka, which wa ...

. In 1573 he was ''

maestro de capilla (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

'' at the church of St. James Church in his hometown. In 1581 he was appointed ''maestro de capilla'' of the Royal Chapel of Granada, in the place of

Rodrigo de Ceballos Rodrigo de Ceballos (also Çavallos, Cevallos, Zaballos; c.1525-c.1581) was a Spanish composer. He was born in Aracena (Huelva), and was ordained a priest in Seville in 1556. He was named ''maestro di cappella'' in Málaga in 1554, in the cathedra ...

. In 1596 he was '' maestrescuela'' in

Cathedral of Valencia Valencia Cathedral, at greater length the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia ( es, Iglesia Catedral-Basílica Metropolitana de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Valencia, ca-valencia, Església Cated ...

, until 1600 when he succeeded Guerrero at the

Cathedral of Seville The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See ( es, Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along ...

. His works were copied and carried to the New World. He died in Seville in 1603.

Extant works and editions

Like many other Spanish composers of the period, his secular villancicos and canzonetas have been lost. Of the sacred works 25 polyphonic compositions are preserved in

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, a mass in the

, and a further 3 motets in the Colegio del Patriarca. Four separate pieces without words have been published by López Calo, who believes they are the only instrumental works for church to survive from the sixteenth century. * Lamentations (3 sets) *

Officium Defunctorum The Office of the Dead or Office for the Dead (in Latin, Officium Defunctorum) is a prayer cycle of the Canonical Hours in the Catholic Church, Anglican Church and Lutheran Church, said for the repose of the soul of a decedent. It is the proper r ...

* Mass * Mortus est Phillipus Rex, a 7 voces * Non in solo pane vivit homo, a 4 voces *
Visionem quam vidistis
', a 4 voces * Veni, sponsor Christi, a 4 voces * Quomodo sedet sola, a 5 voces * Cogitavit Dominus, a 4 voces. * Prudentes virgines, a 4 (wedding motet 1599) *O lux et decus Hispaniae a 6

Discography

* Opera Varia. Gil-Tarrega, Victoria Musicae Label: La Ma De Guido – LMG 2053.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cotes, Ambrosio 1550 births 1603 deaths Spanish Renaissance composers Spanish male classical composers