Cristóbal de Medrano

Cristóbal de Medrano (b. 1561 – d. 1597) was a noble from the House of Medrano, a Basque-Spanish composer, organist of the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Granada in Llerena, and Maestro de capillo of the Badajoz Cathedral and Church of San Juan Bautista in Marchena. He is the author of the Missa voce mea cum sex vocibus manuscript, published by Antonio Baciero in 1594. Life Cristóbal de Medrano most likely was born in Seville during the reign of Philip II of Spain. Cristóbal belonged to the noble House of Medrano, an ancient family under the protection of the Monarchs of Spain. Cristóbal identified himself as a “Cantabren” in his Missa Voca Mea manuscript. Medrano was under the patronage of the Archbishop of Seville, Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, great-uncle of Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade, Count of Lemos. Early career He was a musician in the private music chapel of Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, who at that time was the metropolitan archbishop of Seville. Castro was an important patron of the Spanish Renaissance, from the family of the Count of Lemos. In 1583, Cristóbal de Medrano appears as the organist of the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Granada in Llerena. In mid-1585, he succ