Heliodoro de Paiva

Both of Paiva’s parents served in the Portuguese courtroom; accordingly, it really is believed that he received a fantastic education. He was from the monastery of S. Cruz in Coimbra in most of his musical profession. There he was an instrumentalist, vocalist and organist who was simply qualified in the artwork of lighting. Paiva composed several tientos set numerous different motives. He was the first ever to compose in this manner. Other composers lent from his functions usually have scored in the style of key pad players in the Iberian peninsula. Mudarra lent from Paiva’s “Tento de 4 tom” and Palestrina lent in the theme of “Io kid ferito.” This same theme was afterwards used by many organists for ricercares and fantasias.