Seixas, Carlos
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
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December 1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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