Francisco de Peraza (1564-1598)

Spanish composer and organist. [...] The many compositions - keyboard works, villancicos, chanzonetas, motets and sainetes (theatre music) - mentioned by Pacheco, his first biographer, are no longer extant. The identity of the Pedraza or Peraza who composed a single surviving organ piece superscribed Medio registro alto, Tono I (divided keyboard, 1st mode) [...] has been disputed.

Source: Robert Stevenson: Francisco de Peraza quoted from Grove Music Online accessed 31 January 2010

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2010-01-31, Christian Mondrup, Werner Icking Music Archive

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