João de Sousa Carvalho
João de Sousa Carvalho (22 February 1745c. 1798) was the foremost Portuguese composer of his generation. João de Sousa Carvalho was born in Estremoz, he studied music from 1753 at the Colégio dos Santos Reis in Vila Viçosa, then from 1761 at the Conservatório di Sant' Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples.
João de Sousa Carvalho

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- Name
- João de Sousa Carvalho
- Born
- 22 February 1745
- Birthplace
- Estremoz, Portugal
- Died
- c. 1798
- Place of death
- Alentejo, Portugal
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Occupation
- composer · music educator
- Fields
- opera · classical music · liturgical music
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- Portuguese
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João de Sousa Carvalho (22 February 1745c. 1798) was the foremost Portuguese composer of his generation. João de Sousa Carvalho was born in Estremoz, he studied music from 1753 at the Colégio dos Santos Reis in Vila Viçosa, then from 1761 at the Conservatório di Sant' Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples.
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Biography
In 1766 his setting of Metastasio’s operatic libretto La Nitteti was performed in Rome. The following year, he joined the Irmandade de Santa Cecília at Lisbon and was appointed professor of counterpoint in the Seminário da Patriarcal, where he later served as mestre (1769–1773) and mestre de capela (1773–1798). In 1778, he became music teacher to the royal family. He died in 1798 in Alentejo at the age of 53. His numerous church works are written in a style similar to that of Niccolò Jommelli and, sometimes, Haydn. Several of his opere serie and serenatas were performed at the royal palaces of Ajuda and Queluz. Some of his keyboard music survives and is occasionally played today. His Opera Buffa L'amore industrioso was discovered by conductor and scholar David Chernaik in the Biblioteca da Ajuda in manuscript, and performed in London and Oporto in 2000-2002.

João de Sousa Carvalho - Endimione - titlepage of the libretto - Lissabon 1783
Pietro Metastasio, João de Sousa Carvalho
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• Name — João de Sousa Carvalho • Born — 22 February 1745 • Birthplace — Estremoz, Portugal • Died — c. 1798 • Place of death — Alentejo, Portugal
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João de Sousa Carvalho is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Portugal. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre liturgical music.
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1799
João de Sousa Carvalho died at Alentejo region.
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Estremoz.
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Some compositions
• L’amore industrioso, 1769 (revived 1943, 1967, 2000) • Eumene (dramma serio per musica), 1773 • L’Angelica (serenata), 1778 • Perseo (serenata), 1779 • Testoride argonauta (dramma), 1780 (revived 1987) • Seleuco, re di Siria (dramma), 1781 • Everardo II, re di Lituania (dramma), 1782 • Penelope nella partenza da Sparta (dramma per musica), 1782 • L’Endimione (dramma per musica), 1783 • Tomiri (dramma per musica), 1783 • Adrasto, re degli Argivi (dramma per musica), 1784 • Nettuno ed Egle (favola pastorale), 1785 • Alcione (dramma per musica), 1787 • Numa Pompilio II, re dei romani (serenata), 1789 • Fiat Misericordia - cooperative transcription of the score from the manuscript in the platform. • Masses, 1769, 1789, 1792
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- 1.Deze opera is in 1990 uitgevoerd door het Clemencic Consort onder René Clemencic in het Théâtre des Champs Élysées in Parijs. Hiervan bestaat ook een platenopname op het label Nuova Era.
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