Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548*-1611) was one of the most important Spanish composers of the late Renaissance Period, and was instrumental in bridging the gap between the Renaissance and The Baroque Period. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all Victoria’s great works with Stretta Music today!
Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in Ávila, Spain, around 1548. At the local cathedral school, where he sung in the choir, he studied music theory, and above all, he started developing his organ skills.
In 1544, after his voice broke, he was sent to study at the Jesuit College in Rome. This "Collegium Germanicum" was founded in 1540 by the Jesuit Ignatius von Loyola, designed to teach modern music and literature. Here Victoria met many of the great personalities of his time, most importantly Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
From 1572, Victoria worked as a singer, organist and choral director, and began to compose regularly. He held positions at several Roman churches, and at the Collegium Germanicum. He was ordained a priest in 1575.
Around 1587, Victoria, exhausted by the constant struggle for money and work, decided to return to his homeland, and got a position as organist, choirmaster and personal chaplain to Queen Maria in Madrid. Here he had more time to compose, and he also revised many of his earlier compositions. Victoria died in 1611, and is buried in the Descalzas Reales monastery, where he spent more than 20 happy years.
Victoria wrote exclusively sacred music. His vocal polyphony, which follows on from Palestrina, often uses Spanish melodies. From 1580, Victoria started using more and more instruments along with the voices, mainly in the popular modern “colla parte” style. Towards the end of his life, he started using an early form of “basso continuo”, or figured bass, usually played by the organ or bassoon.
According to John
for: Soloists and SATB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 906535
Novello Short Biographies
Book (softcover)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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18 Werke
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Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Geistliche Musik
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Choir score
Item no.: 366293
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 585245
Book
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Oxford Choral Classics Octavos
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Choir score
Item no.: 332575
für 4-stimmigen Männerchor / für 3-stimmigen Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 386473
4 Werke
for: Mixed choir (5–8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683343
5 Werke
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Choir score
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Geistliche Musik
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Choir score
Item no.: 315513
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374968
for: Choral
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aus: Cantiones sacrae
Dillingen, 1580
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Score
Item no.: 5701
(Father Most Holy)
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Choir score
Item no.: 880850
Männerchor
Chorpartitur
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Choir score
Item no.: 1620153
O ye people
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Choir score
Item no.: 901981
I Was Like a Lamb
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Choir score
Item no.: 1040509
O King of Heaven
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Choir score
Item no.: 1038628
Surely He Hath Bore Our Griefs
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Choir score
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22 Motetten
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Choir score
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Sechs Werke
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Choir score
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Choir score
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Music score
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für gemischten Chor a cappella
(Neuausgabe 2016)
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Score
Item no.: 665016
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1337683
arrangiert für vier Posaunen
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Score
Item no.: 627714
Hail, Virgin Mary
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Choir score
Item no.: 1039852
Tenebrae Responsories No.15
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Choir score
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O ye people
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Choir score
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Sechs Werke
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Choir score
Item no.: 683337
20 Motetten
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Choir score
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from Officium defunctorum à 6, 1605
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Einzelstimme
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Responsorium der Weihnachtsmatutin
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Score
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SATB a cappella
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Choir score
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for: gemischter Chor (dreistimmig); Klavier ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 1627881
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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And When the Day of Pentecost
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Choir score
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for Flute Quartet (or Flute Choir)
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Score, Parts
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Hail, Virgin Mary
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Choir score
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5 Werke
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Choir score
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Choir score
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Q4TT
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 489145
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150210
Old Masters' Mixed Choruses 41
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 41
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Choir score
Item no.: 850509
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