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José António Carlos de Seixas, (11 June 1704 – 25 August 1742), was a Portuguese composer.Seixas was born inCoimbra.Hesucceeded his father as organist in 1718 at age fourteen, and two years later moved to Lisbon,where hegaveharpsichordlessons and met Domenico Scarlatti who was living in Portugal from 1721 to 1728. It is claimed thatwhen theking'sson, DomAntónio, arranged for Scarlatti to give Seixas harpsichord lessons, Scarlatti replied that it was Seixaswho shouldgivehimlessons. Seixas later became organist in the court chapel and Lisbon cathedral as well as court composer.He wasknighte ...read more
José António Carlos de Seixas, (11 June 1704 – 25 August 1742), was a Portuguese composer.Seixas was born inCoimbra.Hesucceeded his father as organist in 1718 at age fourteen, and two years later moved to Lisbon,where hegaveharpsichordlessons and met Domenico Scarlatti who was living in Portugal from 1721 to 1728. It is claimed thatwhen theking'sson, DomAntónio, arranged for Scarlatti to give Seixas harpsichord lessons, Scarlatti replied that it was Seixaswho shouldgivehimlessons. Seixas later became organist in the court chapel and Lisbon cathedral as well as court composer.He wasknightedin1738 by John V of Portugal. He died in Lisbon.Seixas was influenced by the German Empfindsamer Stil (literally'sensitivestyle').Much of his work was destroyed in theearthquake that devastated Lisbon in 1755. Only three orchestral piecesandaround 100keyboard sonatas survived, plus ahandful of choral works for liturgical use (much more conservative than whatonewouldexpect from his instrumental music). « hide |
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