Bernardino de Figueroa (c.1510-November 1586) was a Spanish composer, afterwards Archbishop of Brindisi in Italy.
Figueroa entered the chapel choir in 1518 and was the first ''maestro de capilla'' at the
Royal Chapel of Granada
The Royal Chapel of Granada ( es, Capilla Real de Granada) is an Isabelline style building, constructed between 1505 and 1517, and originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral. It is the burial place of the Spanish m ...
until 1551, being succeeded by Rodrigo de Ceballos in 1561. He wrote letters recommending the musical theorist Fray
Juan Bermudo Juan Bermudo (1510 in Écija, Province of Seville – 1565) was a Spanish Friar Minor who is best known as a composer, music theorist and mathematician.
Life
Bermudo entered the Franciscan Order in 1525, belonging to the Province of Andalusia. ...
and in the latter's ''Perfecting the perfect instrument'' 1555, a treatise on playing the
vihuela
The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...
, Figueroa was listed before
Cristóbal de Morales
Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500 – between 4 September and 7 October 1553) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is generally considered to be the most influential Spanish composer before Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Life
Cristóbal de Mor ...
as having checked and approved the text.Esses ''Dance and Instrumental Diferencias in Spain During the 17th and Early 18th Century'' p315
From 26 November 1571 until his death he was