António Teixeira

António Teixeira (14 May 1707 - after 1769) was a Portuguese composer.

Born and died in Lisbon. He was a royal scholar in Rome from 1714 to 1728, and on 11 June of that year was elected chaplain-singer of Lisbon Cathedral and examiner in plainchant for the Lisbon patriarchy. He wrote some festive cantatas for members of the aristocracy and also composed the music for two Portuguese operas by António José da Silva. José Mazza stated that he composed seven operas, which were performed by large puppets at the Teatro do Bairro Alto in Lisbon between 1733 and 1739. His surviving theatrical music shows him writing in the contemporary Italian style. His most important sacred work is a 20-voice Te Deum. It alternates the polychoral style of the Roman baroque with an operatic style in the solo sections. His sacred works are now in the archive of Lisbon Cathedral.

ome compositions

*Masses
*Miserere
*Lamentations
*Motets
*Te Deum, 1734 (has been recorded by The Sixteen/Harry Christophers)
*Operas: lost.

Bibliography

*Manuel Carlos de Brito: "Teixeira, António", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2007-05-05), http://www.grovemusic.com
*Manuel Carlos de Brito: "Opera in Portugal in the Eighteenth Century" (Cambridge, 1989)