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José Maurício (Portuguese composer)

José Maurício (Coimbra, 19 March 1752 - Figueira da Foz, 12 September 1815 ) was a Portuguese composer mainly known for his prolific production of sacred music. A native of Coimbra, Mauricio began as

José Maurício (Coimbra, 19 March 1752 - Figueira da Foz, 12 September 1815 ) was a Portuguese composer mainly known for his prolific production of sacred music. A native of Coimbra, Mauricio began as singer and organist and rose to become both chapel master at Coimbra Cathedral, and music professor at the Universidade de Coimbra during the reforms of João VI. Works *Requiem *Miserere Like many other church composers of his time he also composed secular songs, modinhas. References External links * Marcello Piras - “Musica nera e teatro” (youtube parte 1-5), italian

Era
Classical
Lived
1752–1815
From
Kingdom of Portugal (now Portugal)
Born in
Coimbra
Known as
composer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.