João Domingos Bomtempo
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Bomtempo was the son of an [[Italy|Italian]] musician in the Portuguese court orchestra, and studied at the Music Seminary of the Patriarchal See in Lisbon. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he was not interested in [[opera]] and, in 1801, instead of going to Italy, he traveled to [[Paris]], where he started a career as a virtuoso pianist. He moved to [[London]] in 1810 and became acquainted with liberal circles in that city. |
Bomtempo was the son of an [[Italy|Italian]] musician in the Portuguese court orchestra, and studied at the Music Seminary of the Patriarchal See in Lisbon. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he was not interested in [[opera]] and, in 1801, instead of going to Italy, he traveled to [[Paris]], where he started a career as a virtuoso pianist. He moved to [[London]] in 1810 and became acquainted with liberal circles in that city. |
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During 1822 he returned to Lisbon, and founded there a Philharmonic Society to promote public concerts of contemporary music. After the [[Liberal Wars|Portuguese civil war]] between liberals and absolutists had resulted in a liberal victory, Bomtempo became a music teacher to the young Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] and first Director of the National Conservatory, created in 1835 to replace the old [[Royal Patriarchal Music Seminary of Lisbon|Patriarchal Seminary]], which had been abolished by the new liberal regime. |
During 1822 he returned to Lisbon, and founded there a Philharmonic Society to promote public concerts of contemporary music. After the [[Liberal Wars|Portuguese civil war]] between liberals and absolutists had resulted in a liberal victory, Bomtempo became a music teacher to the young Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] and first Director of the National Conservatory, created in 1835 to replace the old [[Royal Patriarchal Music Seminary of Lisbon|Patriarchal Seminary]], which had been abolished by the new liberal regime. |
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*Op. 23 - [http://imslp.org/wiki/Messe_de_Requiem,_Op.23_(Bomtempo,_Jo%C3%A3o_Domingos) Requiem in C minor] (1819-1820) |
*Op. 23 - [http://imslp.org/wiki/Messe_de_Requiem,_Op.23_(Bomtempo,_Jo%C3%A3o_Domingos) Requiem in C minor] (1819-1820) |
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* 4 Absolutions, B5 |
* 4 Absolutions, B5 |
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* Libera me Domine in C minor |
* Libera me Domine in C minor |
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[[Category:Portuguese classical pianists]] |
[[Category:Portuguese classical pianists]] |
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[[Category:Portuguese people of Italian descent]] |
[[Category:Portuguese people of Italian descent]] |
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[[Category:19th-century male pianists]] |
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