Vicente Lusitano
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Portuguese composer
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- Introdutione facilissima et novissima di canto fermo, figurato, contraponto semplice, et in concerto
- Introdvttione facilissima, et novissima, di canto fermo, figvrato, contraponto semplice, et inconcerto, con regole generali per far fvghe differenti sopra il canto fermo, a ii. iii. et iiii. voci, et compositioni, proportioni, generi. s. diatonico, cromatico, enarmonico
- Introdutione facilissima, & nuoissima, di canto fermo, figurato, contraponto semplice & inconcerto, con regole generali per far fughe differnti sopra'il canto fermo ..
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Vicente Lusitano (c. 1520 – c. 1561) was a Portuguese composer and theorist of the late Renaissance. He was possibly of African descent, and has a claim to being the first published black composer. Lusitano, which means "Portuguese", appears to be a nickname rather than a family name. He was born in Olivença, but little else is known for certain of his life, including the dates of his birth and death. Some information is recorded in the 18th century biography by Diogo Barbosa Machado: he came f
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vicente
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Portugal
- Occupation
- music theorist
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Image
- Liber Primus Epigramatum (IA imslp-primus-epigramatum-lusitano-vicente).pdf
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- date of death
- 1561-01-01
- date of birth
- 1520-01-01
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- Vicente Lusitano
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- Vicente Lusitano
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