João de Sousa Carvalho (22 February 1745c. 1798) was the foremost

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composer of his generation. Born in

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, he studied music from 1753 at the Colégio dos Santos Reis in

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, then from 1761 at the Conservatório di Sant' Onofrio a Porta Capuana in

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. In 1766 his setting of

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’s operatic libretto ''La Nitteti'' was performed in Rome. The following year, he joined the Irmandade de Santa Cecília at Lisbon and was appointed professor of counterpoint in the Seminário da Patriarcal, where he later served as ''mestre'' (1769–1773) and ''mestre de capela'' (1773–1798). In 1778, he became music teacher to the royal family. He died in 1798 in Alentejo at the age of 53. His numerous church works are written in a style similar to that of Niccolò Jommelli and, sometimes,

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. Several of his ''

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'' and

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s were performed at the royal palaces of Ajuda and Queluz. Some of his keyboard music survives and is occasionally played today.

Some compositions

*''L’amore industrioso'', 1769 (revived 1943, 1967) *''Eumene'' (dramma serio per musica), 1773 *''L’Angelica'' (serenata), 1778 *''Perseo'' (serenata), 1779 *''Testoride argonauta'' (dramma), 1780 (revived 1987) *''Seleuco, re di Siria'' (dramma), 1781 *''Everardo II, re di Lituania'' (dramma), 1782 *''Penelope nella partenza da Sparta'' (dramma per musica), 1782 *''L’Endimione'' (

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), 1783 *''Tomiri'' (dramma per musica), 1783 *''Adrasto, re degli Argivi'' (dramma per musica), 1784 *''Nettuno ed Egle'' (favola pastorale), 1785 *''Alcione'' (dramma per musica), 1787 *''Numa Pompilio II, re dei romani'' (serenata), 1789
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Bibliography

*Luiz, Carlos Santos (1999), João de Sousa Carvalho: Catálogo Comentado das Obras, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. *Manuel Carlos de Brito: ''Opera in Portugal in the Eighteenth Century'' (Cambridge, 1989) *Robert Stevenson/Manuel Carlos de Brito: ''Carvalho, João de Sousa'', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 007-05-05),_http://www.grovemusic.com_ 1745_births 1798_deaths.html" ;"title="1745_births.html" ;"title="007-05-05), http://www.grovemusic.com 1745 births">007-05-05), http://www.grovemusic.com 1745 births 1798 deaths">1745_births.html" ;"title="007-05-05), http://www.grovemusic.com 1745 births">007-05-05), http://www.grovemusic.com 1745 births 1798 deaths People from Estremoz 18th-century classical composers 18th-century male musicians 18th-century musicians Portuguese Classical-period composers Portuguese classical composers Music educators 18th-century Portuguese people Portuguese opera composers Portuguese male classical composers {{Portugal-composer-stub