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Pedro Fernández de Castilleja
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Pedro Fernández de Castilleja (Castilleja de la Cuesta?, Seville, 1487-1574) was a Spanish composer, musician and poet from the 16th Century. He was the teacher of Cristóbal de Morales, who said about him: "The teacher of the Spanish teachers." He was also a teacher of Greek and Latin grammar. Master of chapel of the Cathedral of Seville from 1514 to 1568, being replaced by his disciple Francisco Guerrero, who considers him one of the most important musicians of his time. Before entering the Seville Cathedral, he had been a professor of music at the San Miguel studio, also in Seville. He was the first beneficiary of the Magister puerorum ration, in 1514. Guerrero described him as "the master of Spanish teachers." Of his compositions, only a few motets are preserved, scattered in several Spanish churches. His jokes and Christmas carols were notorious. At the same time he taught the Greek and Latin language associated with Pedro Núñez Delgado, professor of Latinity in the Study of St. Michael from 1514 to 1535, who dedicated to him in 1521 an edition and commentary of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. He composed an epitaph in honor of Pedro Mexía, and two preliminary epigrams for a work printed in 1569 by his former disciple, Luis Mexía Ponce de León. He was also a teacher of Juan de Mal Lara. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.