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João Rodrigues Esteves

João Rodrigues Esteves

Born: c. 1700, Portugal

Died: c. 1750, Lisbon, Portugal

Nationality: Portuguese

João Rodrigues Esteves was a Portuguese composer of religious music. His surviving works number close to 100. His manuscripts are all housed in Portuguese libraries, mostly in the Lisbon Cathedral archive. He is first mentioned in 1719 when he was brought to Rome under King João V in order to study with composer Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni. By 1726 he was back in Portugal. In 1729 he became a master of music in the Basilica de Santa Maria Maior, the Lisbon Cathedral.

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