1 00:00:05,099 --> 00:00:11,279 Today, we are with Cristobal de Morales and he is going to explain something about his life. 2 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:15,300 Hi, I'm Cristobal de Morales and I'm going to talk about my life. 3 00:00:15,820 --> 00:00:19,920 I was born in Marchena, Sevilla. Really beautiful. I recommend you to visit. 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,440 I was a couple, master singer and polyphonic composer. I know, I was like Barbie. 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,199 You can be whatever you want. I took that message really serious. 6 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:32,619 So, when were you born? 7 00:00:32,619 --> 00:00:44,619 About my date of birth, there are only speculations. It is strange not knowing the date of your own birth, yes, but what do you want me to do? Instead, Sevilla was certainly my place. 8 00:00:44,619 --> 00:00:49,619 Sad thing. And what about your family? Did you have one? 9 00:00:49,619 --> 00:01:05,159 I didn't know anything about my parents and my family, except the existence of a sister who she attended in the celebration of her nuptials because she was orphaned. 10 00:01:05,159 --> 00:01:10,560 my own declaration in the dedicatory letter to duke cosimo de medici in my first book of masses 11 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,799 i began to cultivate music from my childhood and that i was trained in the discipline of the 12 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:24,189 quadrivium you have liked music since you were a little boy tell us more about your life in seville 13 00:01:24,189 --> 00:01:30,569 my childhood and adolescence was spent in seville i didn't travel alone i didn't do any service as 14 00:01:30,569 --> 00:01:36,189 a choir boy or an adult singer seville was a true important of illustrious musicians 15 00:01:36,189 --> 00:01:57,489 Wow, I didn't expect that about Seville. I know something you did on April 1526. It was related with the marriage of Portugal's emperor, can be? 16 00:01:57,489 --> 00:02:06,489 Yes, on April 10th, 1526, I was able to witness the marriages of Isabel of Portugal and Emperor Carlos I. 17 00:02:06,489 --> 00:02:14,490 Wascapel was made of Flemish singers led by his teacher Nicolás Gumbert. I still remember his face, the poor thing was not very handsome. 18 00:02:14,490 --> 00:02:32,840 Oops, poor teacher Nicolas. 19 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:39,840 Anyways, he took care of the musical part, a propitious occasion for a friendly beginning between me and Gombert. 20 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,840 Supported from now on by a repeated and personal relationship between us, both composers. 21 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,840 We published our works in consortium in more than one edition. I have to say he was a really great man. 22 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:20,180 Sure, I would have liked to meet him. Changing the conversation, what happened on July 15th, 26th? 23 00:03:20,180 --> 00:03:34,000 I would not be a stranger when, on 1526, I was elected to the Magisterium of Avila. 24 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 That day I was full of emotion. 25 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:46,000 I stayed in it, however, lasted just two years because I moved to Plasencia, specifically Cáceres at the beginning of 1528, to occupy the same position, again. 26 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:56,379 Knowing the cause of motives, my instability in the musical capels is a constant event that is observed throughout my life, except for the decade that I was in the Pontifical Chapel. 27 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 How was the change of Ávila to Plasencia? 28 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:20,000 The change from Ávila to Plasencia can be assumed given the more dynamic climate of this place and above all because of the specific flowering of the music that was lived, thanks to the impulse of Bishop Gutiérrez Vargas de Carvajal, patron of art in all his manifestations, with the added gift of a more substantial economic deal. 29 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Of everything that happened during my teaching in Plasencia, I would leave office at the end of 1535. 30 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:36,000 No composition of my estate has been preserved and a fact that is not symptomatic if one takes into account the loss of its musical codices at the site. 31 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 And the following four years on what were spent? 32 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:52,639 There follows a period of four years, empty of personal data or activities until September 1535, 33 00:04:52,639 --> 00:05:01,300 when I was accepted as a cantor in the Pontifical Capet, after having passed the several examinations to which the candidates were subjected. 34 00:05:01,620 --> 00:05:03,079 I know you passed all the tests. 35 00:05:03,699 --> 00:05:10,540 Yes, because of my exceptional gift. Passed all the tests, as you have said, to the unanimous applause of the examiners. 36 00:05:10,939 --> 00:05:14,959 By various assumptions, the five-year period from Plasencia to Rome is considered. 37 00:05:15,220 --> 00:05:17,480 In which part of Italy, specifically? 38 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:34,959 i would spend it in naples headquarters of spanish artists and musicians serving in the court of viceroy pedro alvarez de toledo marquis of villafranca and father of leonor de toledo married to duke cosme de medici to whom i dedicate my first book of masses 39 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:41,620 Suppose you were excited. I would be excited. 40 00:05:41,779 --> 00:05:48,639 One of my first books, you know, my first books, called Opera Omnia, Officium Misa Et Motecta De Functorum. 41 00:05:48,819 --> 00:05:54,220 There are more such as famous comedy El Renegado del Cielo, Loves of Dido and Eneas. 42 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,639 But as this is the first one, it's the most important. The rest are famous comedies. 43 00:05:59,339 --> 00:06:02,300 Tell us about your compositions. When were they appeared? 44 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:09,300 My first composition written appeared in 1539. Two of them in Lyon and only one of them in Venezia. 45 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:14,300 When you see all there is, you might be lazy to read each and every one of them. 46 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:17,300 But if you didn't put them, what is the use of all this information? 47 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:21,300 It's boring, yes, but when you listen to them, you might think otherwise. 48 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:27,300 Don't say I will never drink this water. There were 22 masses in four, five and six voices. 49 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:30,300 Do you have any specific music work? 50 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:37,279 Oh yes, called Si nos hubiera mirado, Cancionero de Uppsala, from 15000 to 1553. 51 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:41,040 There were more than one voices singing, but not at the same time. 52 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:46,660 For you to understand, imagine, I start singing a part of a song, and you start later singing the same. 53 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,379 This is called counterpoint. 54 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:49,939 Ok, I know. 55 00:07:28,339 --> 00:07:34,000 More details. If you have noticed, the voices went from a low tone to a higher one. 56 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,199 Yes, that's what I was thinking about. For me, it was also sad and a bit dramatic. 57 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,459 For you, for me and for the rest. I will tell you the period that is in the Renaissance. 58 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,639 It's polyphonic music because the sound has more than one voice. 59 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,920 Timbre are four voices and three instruments. Also, it's moderato and mezzo forte. Rhythm, quadruple. 60 00:07:54,839 --> 00:07:59,459 So, thanks Cristóbal for this interview. Is there something else you want to tell us? 61 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:02,040 To finish, I have to say that I love music, 62 00:08:02,199 --> 00:08:05,779 and I hope thanks to my compositions or others you can appreciate it too. 63 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:07,259 Music is something magic.