Classical music of Portugal
The Portuguese music shows its rich record and privileged geographical position. These are proved in the music record of Portugal, which i...
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The
Portuguese music shows its rich record and privileged geographical position.
These are proved in the music record of Portugal, which in spite its firm
European origins, nevertheless reveals the intercontinental cultural
interactions that began in the Portuguese discoveries.
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A
short history of the past and present Portuguese artists with important
supports must necessarily include the names of composers such as Antonio
Fragoso, Fernando Lopes-Graca, Emmanuel Nunes, Pedro de Escobar, Carlos Seixas,
Manuel Cardoso, Filipe de Magalhaes, Joao Domingos Bomtempo, Luis de Freitas
Branco, Jose Vianna da Motta, Marcos Portugal and Joly Braga Santos; Manuel
Rodrigues Coelho or Antonio were the organists; Jose Carlos Xavier or Luisa
Todi or Elisabete Matos were the singers; the pianists include Sequeira Costa
or Maria Joao Pires and also cellists include Guilhermina Suggia.
