Vicente Lusitano
2022-06-17
There’s been a lot of buzz online since the publishing of several yesterday in some British media such as the BBC or The Guardian regarding the Portuguese-born composer Vicente Lusitano.Read more
Edition of Francesco Soriano’s Magnificat Primi Toni
2022-02-18
It has now been published in the repository, through the Canto Mensurable editions the Magnificat Primi Toni (odd verses) by the sixteenth-century Italian composer Francesco Soriano, which is freely available for download in digital format.Read more
Edition of Filipe de Magalhães’ Magnificat Sexti Toni
2022-02-04
It has now been published at the repository the edition of Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães’ Magnificat Sexti Toni [odd verses]. The work for four voices is available for download in full and is part of the series published by Canto Mensurable editions in open access. Magalhães (c.1571-1652) was aRead more
Meeting Musical Heritage in Évora Cathedral
2021-11-19
Photos from the the visit to the high-choir and music manuscript room of Évora Cathedral in the “Encontros com o Património” series, 19 November 2021, organized by the Inventário Artístico da Arquidiocese de Évora.Read more
Text on Musical Heritage in 17th-Century Angra Cathedral
2021-01-25
An article was published a while ago (most precisely, on the second semester of 2019) on the Portuguese journal Herança – Revista de História, Património e Cultura on musical heritage in early seventeenth-century Angra Cathedral, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores.Read more
Presentation CD “Herança” by Grupo Vocal Olisipo
2020-12-05
Today is the presentation of the CD Herança, by the Grupo Vocal Olisipo (dir. Armando Possante), in which I was involved in the music edition, booklet text and repertoire consulting. This was a very good experience and it allowed the revival of quite a number of musical works by composersRead more
Testimony for the CD “Herança” by Grupo Vocal Olisipo
2020-10-28
I have been collaborating with Portuguese ensemble Grupo Vocal Olisipo and its director Armando Possante in the edition of the group’s latest CD, titled Herança (Heritage), which I think will be launched by the end of the year. I have contributed with several music editions of works by Manuel MendesRead more
Book Chapter on 18th-Century Polyphony from Évora Cathedral
2020-10-01
I have published the chapter “Continuidade do repertório polifónico na Catedral de Évora no século XVIII” in the book Escola de Música da Sé de Évora – Conferências, edited by Eborae Mvsica and published in late 2019, as the gathering of several conferences given at the International Workshop “Évora CathedralRead more
Historical Soundscapes Walking Tour in Évora
2019-11-11
Next 30 November I will be giving a Historical Soundscape walking tour through some of Évora’s historical centre streets. This is the closing activity of the I International Research Meeting for Music and Musicology Students, which will take place at the University of Évora from next 28 to 30 November.Read more
Diogo Dias Melgaz ❧ Salve Regina
2019-10-02
The motet Salve Regina, for four voices, is probably Diogo Dias Melgaz’s best-known work. Melgaz was born in the Alentejo village of Cuba in 1638 and died in Évora in 1700 and is one of the Évora Cathedral composers whose most musical output has survived to this day.Read more