Life

He was innate at Oporto, Portugal, but nothing is known of his life until he entered a service of Isabella of Castile in 1489. He wwhen a singer inside her chapel for x years, & clearly was working as a composer too; additionally he was the just member of her chapel described within court records as Portuguese. Within 1499 he returned to his native Portugal, but around 1507 received an offer of employment, which he accepted, as a master diamond state capilla at a cathedral around Seville.

When there he got charge of the choirboys, getting to choose care of their room & board additionally to with to teach the children to sing; he complained of moo remuneration, & one of these days resigned. Inside 1521 he wwhen working in Portugal, as mestre district attorney capela for Cardinal Dom Affonso. His career seems to own ended badly, notwithstanding, for the final record of his life occurs as mention within the document of 1535 that he was an alcoholic & sleep in squalidness. He died around Évora.

Music and influence

2 complete people of Escobar develop survived, including the Requiem, a earliest by the composer from either the Iberian peninsula. He as well wrote the setting of the Magnificat, 7 motets, 4 antiphons, 8 hymns, and Xviii villancicos. His music wequally popular, as attested per appearance of copies around far-faraway pages; for instance indigen scribes copied deuce of his manuscripts within Guatemala. His motet Clamabat autem mulier Cananea wwhen particularly praised by his coeval, & served as a source for implemental pieces by late composers.