Francisco Soto de Langa

Aliases: P. Soto; Francisco de Soto

Life

Born: 1534 or 1538, Avila or Langa de Duero, Soria

Died: 25 September 1619, Rome

Biography Spanish cantor, composer, and music editor of the Spanish Renaissance. He was a singer in the Sistine Chapel and a member of the Oratory of St Philip Neri. His books of laudi spirituali reprint songs that were part of the musical life of that congregation as begun under its musical director, Giovanni Animuccia.

View the Spanish Wikipedia article on Francisco Soto de Langa. (English translation by Google)

List of choral works

• Benedite'l Signore
• Donna celeste
• Giunt'i pastori
• L'UNICO Figlio del' Eterno Padre
• Ne L'apparir del sempiterno Sole
• Per aspri Monti
• È nato Gran' Iddio

 
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Publications

as Editor

• Il primo libro delle laude spirituali (Rome, 1583)
• Il secondo libro delle laude spiriuali (Rome, 1583)
• Il terzo libro delle laudi spirituali (Rome, 1588)
• Il quarto libro delle laudi a 3 e 4 voci (Rome, 1591)
• Il quinto libro delle laudi a tre e quattro voci (Rome, 1598)

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