HOASM: Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (original) (raw)

Portuguese organist and composer. After working at the cathedrals of Badajoz and Elvas, he became in 1603 organist of Lisbon cathedral and a member of the royal chapel. The first important Iberian keyboard composer since Cabezón, he wrote tientos in a vividly baroque style in which brilliant figuration predominates over thematic development.

IVL: The Iberian Masters Home VIIG: Baroque Music in Iberia, New Spain and Colonial America