The music of Juan de Anchieta

Juan de Anchieta served the Spanish royal family for 30 years, from his appointment in 1489 as a singer for Queen Isabella, until he was pensioned off by her grandson, the Emperor Charles V, in 1519.

During these years Anchieta produced a body of works that - along with his contemporary Francisco de Peñalosa - formed the Spanish response to the polyphonic innovations of Josquin and his contemporaries to the north.

This book is a life-and-works study of this important and understudied composer.

A biographical chapter, which pulls together recent research into a coherent narrative of the composer's life, is followed by chapters on each of the genres in which the composer wrote.

A rough chronology of the works emerges, which is based both on style and codicology.