Spanish composer and organist [...]. He served for 40 years as organist of the royal chapel at Granada. [...] He was almost certainly the composer of the 14 pieces ascribed to 'Palero' in the first Spanish keyboard tablature, Libro de cifra nueva (Alcalá, 1557 [...]), compiled by Luis Venegas de Henestrosa; one of the pieces bears his full name.
Source: Almonte Howell: Francisco Fernandez Palero quoted from Grove Music Online accessed 31 January 2010
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