Name Francisco de Role Composer | Died 1755 | |
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Similar People Carlos Seixas, Carlos Mena, Marcos Portugal, Joao Domingos Bomtempo, Diogo Dias Melgas | ||
Francisco ant nio de almeida te deum c 1750
Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702–1755) was a Portuguese composer and organist.
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- Francisco ant nio de almeida te deum c 1750
- Miserere mei deus francisco ant nio de almeida part 1 2
- Selected works
- References
From 1722 to 1726 he was a royal scholar in Rome. In 1724, Pier Leone Ghezzi drew his caricature, describing him as "a young but excellent composer of concertos and church music who sang with extreme taste". He returned to Portugal in 1726, where he became organist of the Royal and Patriarchal Chapel.
In 1728, the first of his serenatas, Il trionfo della virtù, was performed in Lisbon at the palace of Cardinal João da Mota e Silva. His comic opera, La pazienza di Socrate, was performed at the royal palace in 1733. It was the first Italian opera in Portugal. A contemporary diarist states that Almeida composed music for the popular performances of presépios (Nativity scenes) in the Mouraria quarter of Lisbon. He probably died in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.