GUERRERO, FRANCISCO (c. 1528-1599), Spanish com poser, was born at Seville about 1528. He became a pupil of Morales and was one of the most important of the Spanish group who came under Italian influence in the second half of the i6th century. At eighteen he was made maestro de capilla at Jaen. His next appointment was at Malaga, and in 1554 he became maestro de capilla of Seville cathedral. He died on Nov. 8, Many of his works have been preserved, the most important being : a volume of Sacrae cantiones for 4 and 5 voices (15 5 5) ; Magnifi cats (Louvain 1563) ; Liber Primus Missarum F. Guerrero Hispa lensis Odei phonasco autore (Paris, Du Chemin 1566), containing 4 masses in 5 parts, 5 masses in 4 parts, motets in 5 and 6 parts and a Pater nosier in 8 parts (a copy of this is in the Imperial library, Vienna) ; motets, published in Vienna 15 7o, 1589; masses, published in Rome 1582. Eslava's famous collection: Lira sacro hispana (1869) contains Guerrero's Passion according to St. Matthew for four voices and the Passion according to St. John for five voices, 3 motets for 5 voices and a four-part mass. For a complete list, see Eitner : Quellenlexikon. See also the article Guerrero by J. R. Sterndale-Bennett in Grove's Dictionary.