Duarte Lobo (ca. 1565 – 24 September 1646; Latinized as ''Eduardus Lupus'') was a

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composer of the late

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and early Baroque. He was one of the most famous Portuguese composers of the time, together with Filipe de Magalhães, Manuel Cardoso, composers who all began their academic studies as students of Manuel Mendes. Along with John IV, King of Portugal, they represent the "golden age" of Portuguese

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Life

Details of his life are sparse. He was born in Alcáçovas, in Alentejo, southern Portugal. He is known to have been a choir boy at

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where he subsequently studied with Manuel Mendes. His first position was as ''

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'' of the cathedral of

; sometime before 1589, he became ''maestro di cappella'' at the Hospital Real, Lisbon. By 1591 he was appointed as ''mestre de capela'' at the cathedral in Lisbon, a position he held till 1639. This was the most prestigious musical appointment in the country. He also served as director of the Seminar of São Bartolomeu, and was also a professor of music at the 'Colégio do Claustro da Sé' (College at the Holy See Cloisters) in Lisbon, where he taught Manuel Machado. While chronologically his life overlapped with the beginning of the Baroque music era, he was a rather conservative composer who followed the techniques of the Renaissance masters of the previous generation.

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's polyphonic style played a crucial role in his compositions throughout his life.

Recordings

*Portuguese Requiem Masses, Missa pro defunctis. Schola Cantorum of Oxford,

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8.550682 *Duarte Lôbo, Requiem.

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. Gimell CDGIM 028 *Pater Peccavi, Missa Veni Domine. The Marian Consort, Rory McCleery. Delphian DCD34205

Musical Opus

*Published by Plantin in Antwerp, his six books of sacred music include

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s, and motets.

Publications

*1602 ''Osuscula'' *1603 ''Officium Defunctorum'' *1605 ''Cantica Beatae Virginis'' (16 ''Magnificat'' for four voices) *1621 ''Liber Missarum I'' (eight-voice Requiem) *1639 ''Liber Missarum II'' (six-voice Requiem, Missa Vox clamantis)

References

*Guy Bourligeuex: "Duarte Lôbo", ''

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'', ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. *Owen Rees: "Lôbo, Duarte", ''

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'', ed. Alison Latham. Oxford University Press, 2003. *

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, ''Music in the Renaissance''. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954.
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*Allmusic.com, biographies.

External links

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