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Gallarda Alonso Mudarra

Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance and also played the vihuela, a guitar-shaped string instrument. He was an innovative composer of instrumental music for the guitar. The place of his birth is not recorded, but he grew in Guadalajara, and probably received his musical training there. He most likely went to Italy in 1529 with Charles V, in the company of the fourth Duke of the Infantado, Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana. When he returned to Spain he became a priest, receiving the post of canon at the cathedral in Seville in 1546, where he remained for the rest of his life. While at the cathedral, he directed all of the musical activities; many records remain of his musical activities there, which included hiring instrumentalists, buying and assembling a new organ and working closely with composer Francisco Guerrero for various festivities. Mudarra died in Seville, and his sizable fortune was distributed to the poor of the city according to his will. Mudarra wrote numerous pieces for the vihuela and the four-course guitar, all contained in the collection "Tres libros de musica en cifras para vihuela" which he publhished on December 7, 1546 in Seville. These three books contain the first music ever published for the four-course guitar, which was then a relatively new instrument. The second book is noteworthy in that it contains eight multi-movement works, all arranged by "tono" or mode. Compositions represented in this publication include "fantasias", "variations" (including a set on "La Folia"),"tientos", "pavanes", "galliards" and more songs. Modern listeners are probably most familiar with his "Fantasia X" which has been a concert and recording mainstay for many years. The songs are in Latin, Spanish and Italian, and include "romances", "canciones", "villancicos and "sonetos". Another innovation was the use of different signs for different tempos: slow, medium and fast.