Carlos Seixas

Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas (Coimbra, 11 June, 1704 - Lisbon, 25 August, 1742), Portuguese musician and composer,

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Coimbra - 11 June - 1704 - Lisbon - 25 August - 1742 - Portuguese

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the son of the cathedral organist, Francisco Vaz and Marcelina Nunes.

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When he was fourteen, he succeeded his father as organist in 1718 and two years later moved to Lisbon,

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where he gave harpsichord lessons and met Domenico Scarlatti. It is claimed that when the king's son,

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Harpsichord - Domenico Scarlatti

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Dom Antonio, arranged for Scarlatti to give Seixas harpsichord lessons, Scarlatti replied that it was Seixas who should

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give him lessons. Seixas later became organist in the court chapel and Lisbon cathedral as well as court composer.

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He was knighted in 1738 by John V of Portugal.

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Much of his work was destroyed in the earthquake which devastated Lisbon in 1755.

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Earthquake - Lisbon

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Only three orchestral pieces and around 100 keyboard sonatas survive, plus a handful of choral works for liturgical use (much more conservative than what one would expect from his instrumental music).

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Macario Santiago Kastner published collections of the sonatas in Portugaliae Musica.

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Macario Santiago Kastner - Portugaliae Musica

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