Baroque Music
by Claude V. Palisca
Period: Baroque
Born: Wednesday, June 11, 1704 in Coimbra, Portugal
Died: Saturday, August 25, 1742 in Lisbon, Portugal
Nation of Origin: Portugal
Major Works:
Keyboard Sonatas
Other Information:
Seixas was the most prominent Portuguese composer of keyboard music in the first half of the 18th century. He and Domenico Scarlatti were both employed in the Lisbon Royal Chapel. The music of both benefitted from their eight-year association.
(Many thanks to musicologist José Bruto da Costa for providing this information.)
General Bibliography:
Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN: 0393097455
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December 1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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