Vila, Pedro Alberto
Vila, Pedro Alberto
Vila, Pedro Alberto, Spanish organist and composer; b. 1517; d. Barcelona, Nov. 15, 1582. He was organist and canon at Barcelona Cathedral, and one of the few Spanish composers who cultivated the madrigal. He publ. Odarum quas vulgo Madrigales appellamus (Barcelona, 1561), with texts in Spanish, Catalan, Italian, and French. Some of his organ works are found in the tablature book of Venegas de Henestrosa. His nephew Luis Ferrán Vila succeeded him as organist at Barcelona Cathedral.
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