Pedro de Cristo explained

Pedro de Cristo
Birth Date:1545/1550
Birth Place:Coimbra, Portugal
Death Date:12 December 1618
Death Place:Coimbra, Portugal
Nationality:Portuguese
Occupation:Composer

Pedro de Cristo (1545/1550 – 12 December 1618) was a Portuguese composer of Renaissance music. He is one of the most important Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life

Pedro de Cristo was born in Coimbra, and in 1571 entered Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra. He spent time at Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon. He died in Coimbra.

Works

(alphabetical order - incomplete)