Diego Ortiz
Spanish composer and music theorist · Spain · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1510 to 1570 · aged 60
Diego Ortiz was a Spanish composer and music theorist in service to the viceroy of Naples ruled by the Spanish monarchs Charles V and Philip II. Ortiz published the first manual on ornamentation for bowed string instruments, and a large collection of sacred vocal compositions.
Diego Ortiz is read about 24 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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![Comparison of the facial features of Ortiz in his Trattado de Glosas and the viola da gamba player depicted in The Wedding at Cana (1563), Paolo Veronese, according to the model proposed by Lafarga et al. (2017)[2]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ortiz_and_Veronese_Portraits.png/500px-Ortiz_and_Veronese_Portraits.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
About this person
Country
Spain
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1510 to 1570 · aged 60
