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Lusitano, Vicente
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Brief biography noting especially his contributions to music theory from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=5560
Biography noting influence as theorist and debate with Vicentino with internal links from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Vicente Lusitano His career as a performer began in his native Portugal but by 1550 had led him to the papal choir. His few motets and one madrigal, published in Italy, are far overshadowed in importance by his theoretical work, especially the...Entry at Wikipedia linked to related people and topics.
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Vicente Lusitano Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Portuguese music composer and theorist. He was born in Olivença, but little else is known of his life, including the dates of his birth and death. As a composer he wrote a number of choral works, including motets and a...