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Francisco de Peñalosa
Person · male · Spain · Talavera de la Reina · born 1470 · died 1528 · recording since 1992
Spanish composer (1470-1528)
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Also known as フランシスコ・デ・ペニャローサ
Timeline
8 events▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1470s
1520s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Complete Motets
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Missa Ave Maria / Sacris solemniis / Missa Nunca fue pena mayor
Album
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2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography324 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1359125628
Biography
Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470 – April 1, 1528) was a Spanish composer of the middle Renaissance.
Life
He was born in Talavera de la Reina in the province of Toledo. He spent most of his career in Seville, serving as the maestro di capilla, though he also spent time in Burgos, and three years in Rome at the papal chapel (1518–1521). He died in Seville.
Music and influence
Peñalosa was one of the most famous Spanish composers of the generation before Cristóbal de Morales, and his compositions were highly regarded at the time. Unfortunately for him, his music was not widely distributed; he did not benefit from the invention of printing, since he mostly remained in Spain, away from cities such as Venice and Antwerp which were the first centers of printed music. Later generations of Spanish composers—Guerrero, Morales, Victoria—went to Italy for parts of their careers, where their compositions were printed and were as widely distributed as the music of the Franco-Flemish composers who dominated music in Europe in the 16th century.
Peñalosa wrote masses, Magnificat settings, motets and hymns. Eleven secular compositions have survived, including an ensalada (a form of quodlibet) Por las sierras de Madrid for six voices.
Peñalosa was evidently fond of contrapuntal puzzles and canons, as evidenced by the quodlibet, and by the Agnus Dei of his Missa Ave Maria peregrina, which combines a plainsong tune with a retrograde (backwards) version of a famous secular song by Hayne van Ghizeghem.
One of his motets (Sancta mater istud agas) was long assumed to be by Josquin des Prez, which indicates both the stylistic similarity of their music and the high quality of Peñalosa's.
Selected recordings
Peñalosa: Complete Motets Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner, Hyperion/Helios
Peñalosa: Missa Nunca fue pena mayor. Sacris solemniis. Memorare Piissima. Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Les Saqueboutiers du Toulouse, Dominique Vellard, Glossa
Peñalosa: Missa Ave Maria, Missa Nunca fue pena mayor. Choir of Westminster Cathedral, O'Donnell, Hyperion
Peñalosa: Lamentationes. New York Polyphony. Bis.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -464 | 0.3th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:07:49
1Inter Vestibulum & Altare2:382Tribularer si nescirem3:053Ne reminiscaris, Domine2:064Versa est in luctum3:035Domine, secundum actum meum2:326Adoro te, Domine Jesu Christe2:157Ave Verum Corpus2:498Nigra sum, sed formosa2:469Sancta Maria2:4110Unica Est Colomba Mea2:3411Ave, Vera Caro Christi3:2912Ave, Vere Sanguis Domini2:4013In Passione Positus3:3814Precor Te, Domine Jesu Christe3:4815Pater Noster3:1616Ave Regina Caelorum4:1417Sancta Mater, istud agas3:0518O domina sanctissima4:0219Emendemus in melius2:4420Deus, Qui Manus Tuas4:2221Domine Jesu Christe, Qui Neminem2:5322Transeunte Domino Jesu3:09Missa Ave Maria / Sacris solemniis / Missa Nunca fue pena mayor
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1Missa Ave Maria peregrina: I. Kyrie2Missa Ave Maria peregrina: II. Gloria3Missa Ave Maria peregrina: III. Credo4Missa Ave Maria peregrina: IV. Sanctus5Missa Ave Maria peregrina: V. Benedictus6Missa Ave Maria peregrina: VI. Agnus Dei7Sacris solemniis8Missa Nunca fue pena mayor: I. Kyrie9Missa Nunca fue pena mayor: II. Gloria10Missa Nunca fue pena mayor: III. Credo11Missa Nunca fue pena mayor: IV. Sanctus12Missa Nunca fue pena mayor: V. Agnus DeiMissa El Ojo / Motetten (Peñalosa-Ensemble)
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:24
1Motette "Ave, vere sanguis Domini"2:372Motette "Inter vestibulum et altare"2:553Missa "El Ojo": Kyrie3:204Missa "El Ojo": Gloria5:285Motette "Deus, qui manus tuas"4:576Motette "Versa est in luctum"3:347Motette "Sancta Mater, istud agas"3:468Missa "El Ojo": Credo8:409Motette "Emendemus in melius"3:0410Missa "El Ojo": Sanctus10:4911Motette "Ave, vera caro Christi"3:5712Missa "El Ojo": Agnus Dei7:2013Motette "Ave, verum corpus"2:572011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 58:40
1Sacris Solemnis5:152Memorare Piissima5:283Nunca fue pena mayor: Kyrie3:364Nunca fue pena mayor: Gloria6:165Tiento XIV [Libro de cifra nueva]2:166Nunca fue pena mayor: Credo8:117O bone Iesu2:488Tribularer Si Nescirem3:069Nunca fue pena mayor: Sanctus3:4010Ave vera caro Christe3:3311Nunca fue pena mayor: Agnus Dei5:1712Transeunte Domino3:3013Tres II [Libro de cifra nueva]1:4114In Passione Positus4:032019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:32
1Lamentationes Jeremiae Feria V11:342Stabat mater dolorosa3:583Lamentationes Jeremiae Feria VI11:214Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Missa L'Homme armé)4:395Sancta Maria, succurre miseris2:186Unica est columba mea2:257Credo in unum Deum (Missa L'homme armé)7:208Quae est ista5:209Antes que comáis a Dios2:1710Agnus Dei3:20
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Francisco de Peñalosa head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -464 | 0.3th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8d9b1676-b74f-4a98-b214-cac408c1048ccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338796seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Pe%C3%B1alosabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Pe%C3%B1alosa
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Wikidata: Q1338796 · MusicBrainz: 8d9b1676-b74f-4a98-b214-cac408c1048c
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