Francisco Martins (1620 - 1680)

Portugal

The Portuguese composer Francisco Martins was born in Évora c.1620 or c.1625 and died in Elvas, 20 March 1680. He became a choirboy at Évora Catedral, where his uncle Domingos Martins de Almeida had been master of the choirboys from 1608 to c.1618. There have been appointed two possible dates: Domingos Barbosa Machado in his Bibliotheca Lusitana (1759) points to 20 June 1629, and José Augusto Alegria in his História da Escola de Música da Sé de Évora (1973) points towards 16 August 1634. ... (Read all)