Luis Venegas de Henestrosa (c. 15101570) was a Spanish composer of the 16th century active during the

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. Few details are known about his life and he is most remembered for publishing ''Libro de cifra nueva para tecla, Arpa y Vihuela'', a collection of over two hundred pieces for

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

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and

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 ...

. The only two copies known to exist of this collection are kept at the

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in Madrid. The book contains a setting for organ of ''Conditor alme'' by Gracia Baptista, the earliest known keyboard work by an Iberian woman composer.

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1510 births 1570 deaths Spanish composers Spanish male composers 16th-century composers {{Spain-composer-stub