António Teixeira was a Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

 composer

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Born and died in Lisbon

Lisbon

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. He was a royal scholar in Rome

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 from 1714 to 1728, and on 11 June of that year was elected chaplain-singer of Lisbon Cathedral

Lisbon Cathedral

The Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest church in the city is the see of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. Since the beginning of the construction of the cathedral, in the year 1147, the building has been modified several...

 and examiner in plainchant for the Lisbon patriarchy

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. He wrote some festive cantata

Cantata

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s for members of the aristocracy and also composed the music for two Portuguese opera

Opera

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s by António José da Silva

António José da Silva

António José da Silva was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist, known as "the Jew" . The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio.-Life:...

. José Mazza stated that he composed seven opera

Opera

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s, which were performed by large puppet

Puppet

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s at the Teatro do Bairro Alto in Lisbon between 1733 and 1739. His surviving theatrical music shows him writing in the contemporary Italian style. His most important sacred work is a 20-voice Te Deum

Te Deum

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. It alternates the polychoral style of the Roman baroque

Baroque music

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 with an operatic style in the solo sections. His sacred works are now in the archive of Lisbon Cathedral

Lisbon Cathedral

The Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest church in the city is the see of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. Since the beginning of the construction of the cathedral, in the year 1147, the building has been modified several...

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Some compositions

• Masses
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• Miserere
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• Lamentations
• Motet
  Motet
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- Gaudete, astra

• Te Deum
  Te Deum
  The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, Te Deum laudamus, rendered literally as "Thee, O God, we praise"....
  
  , 1734
  1734 in music
  -Events:*March 29 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain becomes first violinist at the Royal Academy in Dijon.*Foundation of the Imperial Ballet School at Saint Petersburg....
  
  
• Marionette Operas in Portuguese - mainly lost

- except: As Variedades de Proteu

As Variedades de Proteu

As Variedades de Proteu is a play by António José da Silva that deals with the intricacies of marriage and love. It uses the mythological characters of Proteus and Nereus and includes curious characters such as the witty Caranguejo . The play was staged for the first time in 1737 in Lisbon....

(May 1737), for the theatre of António José da Silva

António José da Silva

António José da Silva was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist, known as "the Jew" . The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio.-Life:...

. Score restored 1968, revived 1968, 1982, 2005.