Name Ambrosio Cotes Role Composer | Died 1603, Seville, Spain | |
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Ambrosio cotes vidi angelum
Ambrosio (Coronado de) Cotes (c. 1550–1603) was a Spanish Renaissance composer.
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- Ambrosio cotes vidi angelum
- Ambrosio cotes visionem quam vidistis
- Extant works and editions
- Discography
- References
Cotes was born in Villena, Alicante around 1550 of noble birth. He studied theology with the Theatines of Yecla. In 1573 he was maestro de capilla at the church of St. James Church in his hometown. In 1581 he was appointed maestro de capilla of the Capilla Real de Granada, in the place of Rodrigo de Ceballos. In 1596 he was maestrescuela in Cathedral of Valencia, until 1600 when he succeeded Guerrero at the Cathedral of Seville. His works were copied and carried to the New World. He died in Seville in 1603.
Ambrosio cotes visionem quam vidistis
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 Granada, a mass in the Cathedral of Valencia, 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.