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Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Guatemala

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 15, 2023

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Guatemala

Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works sequence Victimae paschali laudes hymn AAT Conditor alme siderum / Creator alme siderum (hymn) Veni Redemptor gentium (hymn) Christe Redemptor omnium Ex patre (hymn) Hostis Herodes / Crudelis Herodes (hymn) Gloria tibi, Domine (hymn) Vexilla regis (hymn) O crux ave, spes unica (hymn) O lux beata Trinitas / iam sol recedit igneus (hymn) Aurea luce / Decora lux (hymn) Felix per omnes (hymn) Doctor egregie Paule (hymn) Ut queant laxis (hymn) Lauda mater ecclesiae (hymn) Tibi Christe splendor Patris (hymn) Christe redemptor omnium conserva / Placare Christe servulis (hymn) Exultet caelum laudibus (hymn) Tristes erant apostoli (hymn) Deus tuorum militum (hymn) Sanctorum meritis (hymn) Jesu corona virginum (hymn) Urbs beata Jerusalem (hymn) Iste confessor (hymn) Conditor alme siderum [E-Tc 25, fols. 59v-61r] Veni Redemptor gentium [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 4v-8r] Hostis Herodes impie [E-Tc 25, fols. 56v-57r] Vexilla regis [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 14v-17r] O lux beata Trinitas [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 28v-29r] Quicumque Christum quaeritis [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 35v-36r] Felix per omnes [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 43v-44r] Ut queant laxis [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 44v-46r] Lauda mater ecclesiae [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 50v-53r] Christe Redemptor omnium Conserva [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 55v-56r] Exultet caelum laudibus [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 56v-62r] Deus tuorum militum [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 62v-65r] Sanctorum meritis [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 65v-67r] Jesu corona virginum [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 72v-74r] Iste confessor domini [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 74v-75r] Gabrielem veneremur [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 75v-77r] magnificat magnificat primi toni (versos impares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 14v-20r] magnificat secundi toni (versos pares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 47v-53r] magnificat tertii toni (versos impares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 66v-72r] magnificat quarti toni (versos pares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 85v-91r] magnificat sexti toni (versos pares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 126v-132r] magnificat septimi toni (versos impares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 152v-158r] magnificat octavi toni (versos pares) [GCA-Gc Ms. 2, fols. 172v-178r] salve Salve regina, 1570 (motet) Salve regina, 1554 (motete) Missa pro defunctis (1565/1566) Dixit Dominus (4vv). Primer tono [E-GRmf 975, fols. 5v-6r] Lauda Jerusalem, Dominum. VIII tono. 4vv [E-GRmf 975, fols. 74v-77r] lamentations Lamentation for Maundy Thursday motet mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Gaspar Fernández (composer, chapel master) Pedro Bermúdez (composer, chapel master) Manuel José de Quiros (composer, chapel master) Nicolás Márquez Tamariz (composer, chapel master) Diego de Gálvez Prado (composer, chapel master) cathedral chapter catedral de Santiago cathedral of Santiago
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Organist of the convent of La Merced in Cartagena de Indias (1773)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 1, 2023

A letter from Father José Antonio Montaño, "comendador" of the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), dated 25 June 1773, allows us to know …

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