Juan Cornago
Juan Cornago (Johannes Cornago) (c. 1400 – after 1475) was a Spanish composer of the early Renaissance.
Life
Almost nothing is known of Cornago's origins. He may be the Juan Carnago of Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, who solicited Pope Martin V for prebends in various parishes between 1420 and 1429. It is certain that he is the Cornago, a Franciscan, who graduated from the University of Paris in 1449. Then from 1453 he was in Naples serving in the royal chapel of Alfonso V of Aragon. After the death of Alfonso he continued to serve in the chapel under his son Fernando I of Naples. Cornago was the leading songwriter at the Aragonese court in Naples.[1] Later in 1475 he transferred to the chapel of Fernando the Catholic who had returned to Spain.
Works
15 compositions survive.
- 4 in Latin
- 8 in Spanish
- 3 in Italian
Recordings
For fuller information see the extensive discography on Spanish Wikipedia.
- Misa de la mapa mundi, His Majestie's Clerkes dir Paul Hillier, Harmonia Mundi
- Columbus Paraisos Perdidos Jordi Savall. 2SACD AliaVox
- Isabel I – Reina de Castilla 1451–1504. Jordi Savall. AliaVox
- Alfons V. el Magnanim – El Cancionero de Montecassino. Jordi Savall. 2CD AliaVox
- O Tempo Bono. Music at the Aragonese Court of Naples. Florilegio Ensemble. Marcello Serafini. Symphonia 00180.
- Ars Moriendi. Huelgas Ensemble, dir. Paul Van Nevel. Alpha LP.
- Moro perchè non-day fede. on Fantasiant, música i poesia per a Ausiàs March Capella de Ministrers, dir. Carles Magraner.
References
- ^ Barbara F. Weissberger Queen Isabel I of Castile: power, patronage, persona 2008 p51