Francisco Soto de Langa
Illustration — Francisco Soto de Langa Francisco Soto de Langa (Langa de Duero, Spain, 1534 — Rome, Italy, 1619) was a Spanish singer, editor and composer. A minor exponent of the lauda and priest of the Congregation of the Oratory where he was affiliated with St. Fillippo Neri and Giovanni Animuccia.
Francisco Soto de Langa
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- Born
- 1534 · Langa de Duero.
- Died
- 1619 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- cantor · composer · presbyter · opera singer
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Francisco Soto de Langa Francisco Soto de Langa (Langa de Duero, Spain, 1534 — Rome, Italy, 1619) was a Spanish singer, editor and composer. A minor exponent of the lauda and priest of the Congregation of the Oratory where he was affiliated with St. Fillippo Neri and Giovanni Animuccia.
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Langa de Duero.
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Soto de Langa was tenured at the papal choir in Rome from 1562 until his retirement in 1611. Reputedly the first castrato to enter into the Papal Chapel, Langa had an instrumental role in the posthumous preservation of Juan Navarro's Psalmi, Hymni ac Magnificat totius Anni. A significant collection of laudi spirituali is extant, of which only a mere handful can be assigned to de Langa with any degree of certainty. Bold vertical harmonies and symmetrically balanced phrases are among his stylistic traits.
• Nuove Laudi Ariose della Beatissima Vergine - Tactus, 2001. Progetto Musica, conducted by Giulio Monaco
Francisco Soto de Langa (1534-1619). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library.
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- 1.La nascita di Soto è stata desunta indicativamente dall'atto di morte, in cui è scritto che morì il 25 settembre 1619 all'età di 86 anni.
- 2.Fondata nel 1579, fu creata Arciconfraternita nel 1591.
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