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Bernardino de Ribera
8+ albums
spanishrenaissance16th century
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Bernardino de Ribera was born in Játiva (Valencia) probably in 1520. His father, Pedro, was then maestro de capilla of the collegiate church there. Soon the family moved to Orihuela (Alicante), thence later to Murcia: Pedro was certainly maestro at the cathedral in 1535. Bernardino must have received his training there. His first known major appointment was to the cathedral at Ávila where he succeeded the maestro Espinar (died 1558). He took up the post in June 1559. There he was the mentor not only of the young Tomás Luis de Victoria but also of Sebastián de Vivanco. Ribera left the Ávila post at the end of 1562 and became maestro de capilla at Toledo early in 1563. He stayed until 1570, succeeded by Andrés Torrentes. It has been assumed in modern dictionaries that Ribera had died, but recent research has shown that he in fact returned to his roots and became maestro at Murcia Cathedral from 1572 until 1580. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
