Pedro de Cristo

Pedro de Cristo (1545/1550 – 12 December 1618) was a Portuguese composer of Renaissance music. He is one of the most important Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life
Pedro de Cristo was born in Coimbra, and in 1571 entered Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra. He spent time at Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon. He died in Coimbra.

Works
(alphabetical order - incomplete)


 * Ave Maria à 8
 * Ave maris stella
 * Ay mi Dios
 * Beata viscera Mariae
 * Beate martir
 * Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
 * Es nascido
 * Hodie nobis
 * In manus tuas
 * Magnificat à 8
 * O magnum mysterium
 * Osanna filio David
 * Quaeramus cum pastoribus
 * Regina coeli
 * Salva nos Domine
 * Sanctissimi quinque martires
 * Sanctorum meritis
 * Tristis est anima mea