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Hernando Franco

Spanish composer
Person human Q163406

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1532
Date of death
November 28, 1585
Place of birth
Province of Badajoz, Cáceres, Galizuela[6][7]
Place of death
Mexico City
Country of citizenship
Spain, New Spain[8][9]
Occupation
composer
Position held
chapelmaster, chapelmaster[10]
Educated at
Segovia Cathedral[11]
Student of
Bartolomé Olaso[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Spanish[17]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[18]
Family name
Franco[14]
Given name
Hernando[15]
Residence
Mexico City[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hernando Franco ar هيرناندو فرانكو es Hernando de Franco ja エルナンド・フランコ
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000121204369
VIAF cluster ID
7047149198343574940007
Library of Congress authority ID
n81085737
GND ID
123845513
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13944035k
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01374025
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1000866
Classical Archives composer ID
2538
Discogs artist ID
4203988
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Hernando-Franco
Europeana entity
agent/base/152917
FAST ID
76833
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Find a Grave memorial ID
21053434
Freebase ID
/m/052h66
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
16032
Grove Music Online ID
10132
Historia Hispánica ID
biografias/17539
Hyperion Records person ID
C205
IdRef ID
165116730
MusicBrainz artist ID
554f10a3-9ca7-478f-ae78-13d606d6c57e, e59451af-d24c-42a2-a5cb-e5c285f75a4d
Musicalics composer ID
79631
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000263989
NUKAT ID
n2016138449
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4873057
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
155435736
SNAC ARK ID
w67s9chm
Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID
38130/hernando-franco
Yale LUX ID
person/f7047e08-b929-4b3d-a01d-640225d7a474

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🔗 Connections
Position held 2
chapelmaster, chapelmaster
Country of citizenship 1
Spain
Educated at 1
Segovia Cathedral
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Spanish
Occupation 1
composer
Place of birth 1
Cáceres
Place of death 1
Mexico City
Residence 1
Mexico City
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Hernando Franco was born on 1532[1] in Province of Badajoz[2]. He died on November 28, 1585[3], in Mexico City[4]. He worked as a composer[5].

FAQs

Where was Hernando Franco born?

Hernando Franco was born in Province of Badajoz[2].

Where did Hernando Franco die?

Hernando Franco passed away in Mexico City[4].

What did Hernando Franco do for work?

Hernando Franco worked as a composer[5].

Where did Hernando Franco go to school?

Hernando Franco was educated at Segovia Cathedral[11].

Related Entities

Cáceres Mexico City Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . researchgate.net. researchgate.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01374025
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  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → chapelmaster, chapelmaster
    Family name → Franco
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Instance of → human
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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