Hernando Franco (1532-1585) was born in Spain, near Alcántara in Extremadura, the land of the conquistadores. As a boy chorister he served at Segovia Cathedral in Old Castile; there he met the brothers de Álamo who were to lead him first to Guatemala and then to Mexico City.
This work is for 5 verses, with chant verses from Luys de Villafranca (1565) published in Seville.
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