Ambrosio (Coronado de) Cotes (c. 15501603) was a Spanish Renaissance composer. Cotes was born in

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around 1550 of noble birth. He studied theology with the

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. In 1573 he was ''

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'' at the church of St. James Church in his hometown. In 1581 he was appointed ''maestro de capilla'' of the

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, in the place of Rodrigo de Ceballos. In 1596 he was '' maestrescuela'' in

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, until 1600 when he succeeded

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at the

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. His works were copied and carried to the New World. He died in Seville in 1603.

Extant works and editions

Like many other Spanish composers of the period, his secular villancicos and canzonetas have been lost. Of the sacred works 25 polyphonic compositions are preserved in

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, a mass in the

, and a further 3 motets in the Colegio del Patriarca. Four separate pieces without words have been published by López Calo, who believes they are the only instrumental works for church to survive from the sixteenth century. * Lamentations (3 sets) * Officium Defunctorum * Mass * Mortus est Phillipus Rex, a 7 voces * Non in solo pane vivit homo, a 4 voces *
Visionem quam vidistis
', a 4 voces * Veni, sponsor Christi, a 4 voces * Quomodo sedet sola, a 5 voces * Cogitavit Dominus, a 4 voces. * Prudentes virgines, a 4 (wedding motet 1599) *O lux et decus Hispaniae a 6

Discography

* Opera Varia. Gil-Tarrega,

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Label: La Ma De Guido – LMG 2053.

References

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