Pedro de Cristo (1545/1550 – 12 December 1618) was a Portuguese composer of

Renaissance music Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from the early 14th-century '' ars nova'', the Tr ...

. He is one of the most important Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life

Pedro de Cristo was born in

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, and in 1571 entered Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra. He spent time at

Monastery of São Vicente de Fora The Church and Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, meaning "Monastery of St. Vincent Outside the Walls", is a 17th-century church and monastery in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most important monasteries and mannerist buildings in ...

in Lisbon. He died in Coimbra.

Works

(alphabetical order - incomplete) *Ave Maria à 8 *Ave maris stella *Ay mi Dios *Beata viscera Mariae *Beate martir *Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes *Es nascido *Hodie nobis *In manus tuas *Magnificat à 8 *O magnum mysterium *Osanna filio David *Quaeramus cum pastoribus *Regina coeli *Salva nos Domine *Sanctissimi quinque martires *Sanctorum meritis *

Tristis est anima mea Tristis est anima mea (Sad is my soul) is the Latin phrase with which starts. It is Tristis est anima mea (responsory), the second responsory of the Tenebrae for Maundy Thursday which was often set to music. It may also refer to: *Movement XI of ...

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* * 16th-century births 1618 deaths Renaissance composers Portuguese classical composers People from Coimbra 16th-century Portuguese people 17th-century Portuguese people Portuguese male classical composers {{Portugal-composer-stub