| Country Of origin: | Spain |
Antonio was the son of aristocratic Spanish parents, born blind, and a student of organ and composition. It is clear that he was one of the greatest Spanish organists and his compositions achieved the essence of this artistic form of expression. Cabezon's works include fantasies (tientos), variation cycles (differencias), dances, canons, hymns, and versos. Musical structures, even within different genres, were diverse, imaginative, singular and challenging in the scores of Cabezon. (He would employ the original motif in later themes in the tientos and would place the cantus firmus in various voices when developing his variations.) ~ Keith Johnson~ Rovi