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João Domingos Bomtempo
1775 - 1842
Portugal
João Domingos Bomtempo (28/12/1775 - 18/08/1842), a Portuguese composer. He was born in Lisbon. His works as a composer are extensive, covering works of the most varied forms of music. The concertos, sonatas, fantasias, and variations which he composed for his instrument of choice, (some with violin accompaniment), combine a brilliant style of composing, much in the style of Clementi, with complete exploration of the music reserves and expressions of the pianoforte. His two surviving symphonies (five others are known to have existed) reveal most about his personality, showing an assimilation, very rare amongst Iberian composers of that time, of the Germanic music of the classical period of Haydn and Mozart.
Requiem (2x)
Bomtempo wrote three requiem masses.
Requiem in C minor
This requiem contains:
* Intro 01. Requiem Aeternam 02. Kyrie Eleison 03. Christe Eleison * Dies Irae 04. Dies Irae 05. Tuba Mirum 06. Judex Ergo 07. Quid Sum Miser 08. Juste judex 09. Ingemisco 10. Confutatis 11. Lacrymosa 12. Dona Eis Requiem * Offertorium 13. Domine Jesu Christe 14. Hostias Et Preces *Sanctus 15. Sanctus * Benedictus 16. Benedictus * Agnus Dei 17. Agnus Dei 18. Requiem Aeternam
♫ 01. Requiem Aeternam © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 02. Kyrie Eleison © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 03. Christe Eleison © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 04. Dies Irae © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 05. Tuba Mirum © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 06. Judex Ergo © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 07. Quid Sum Miser © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 08. Juste judex © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 09. Ingemisco © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 10. Confutatis © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 11. Lacrymosa © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 12. Dona Eis Requiem © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 13. Domine Jesu Christe © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 14. Hostias Et Preces © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 15. Sanctus © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 16. Benedictus © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 17. Agnus Dei © Berlin Classics 0092452BC ♫ 18. Requiem Aeternam © Berlin Classics 0092452BC This requiem (opus 23) is called: Requiem to the memory of Camões. The requiem was premiered in 1819 at a private concert in the French capital, and was repeated with great success in London.
There is a serie of coral-symphonic music of considerable importance, and the already mentioned Requiem to the memory of Camões, a mass, two cantatas and various chamber works, such as one for quintet with piano, and a serenade for piano, double bass and wind instruments. His brief incursion into dramatic music includes only some fragments for the opera Alessandro in Efeso.
The requiem opus 23 was composed during a brief stay in Paris in 1819, which explains the French form of the original title: Mees de Requiem consacrée à la mémoire de Camoes. During Portugal's great age of clonial supremacy in the 16th century, Luis Vaz de Camoes (c.1524 - 1578), a first ranking Portuguese poet, had eulogized the deeds of the discoverers and conquerors in his epics and other poems.
Libera me in C minor
Libera me in C minor for SATB-soli and mixed choir and orchestra, written in memory of D. Pedro, duc de Brangança.
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