Francisco António de Almeida

Composer

– 1755

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Who was Francisco António de Almeida?

Francisco António de Almeida was a Portuguese composer and organist.

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 in the Mouraria quarter of Lisbon. He probably died in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.

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Also known as
  • Almeida, Francisco António de
  • Francisco Antonio de Almeida
Nationality
  • Portugal
Died
1755

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on July 23, 2013

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