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.
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.
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