Francisco António de Almeida
Born: 1702, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: 1755, Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese
Francisco António de Almeida was a Portuguese composer and organist.
From 1722 to 1726 he was a royal scholar in Rome. In 1724, Pier Leone Ghezzi drew his caricature, describing him as "a young but excellent composer of concertos and church music who sang with extreme taste". He returned to Portugal in 1726, where he became organist of the Royal and Patriarchal Chapel.
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- Camminante, che non cura face amica (from La Pazienza di Socrate) (1)
- Cantata A quel leggiadro volto per soprano, archi e basso continuo for soprano strings and continuo (1)
- Il Trionfo d’Amore (2)
- La Giuditta: 'Giusto Dio' (1)
- La Spinalba ovvero Il vecchio matto (Spinalba, or the mad old man) (1)
- La Spinalba, ovvero Il vecchio matto (4)
- Nell'incognito soggiorno (from La Pazienza di Socrate) (1)
- Ogni fronda ch’è mossa dal vento (from Il vaticinio di Pallade, e di Mercurio) (1)
- Septet (1)
- Te Deum (2)
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Almeida, F A: Il Trionfo d’Amore
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Luis Rodrigues (bass), Catia Moreso (mezzo-soprano), Ana Quintans (soprano), Fernando Guimaraes (tenor), Ines Madeira (mezzo-soprano), Joana Seara (soprano), Mario Alves (tenor) & Joao Fernandes (bass) Os Músicos do Tejo, Marcos Magalhães
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