António José da Silva

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Born: 8 May 1705 — Rio de Janeiro — Portugal [now Brazil]
Died: 18 October 1739 — Lisbon — Portugal
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António José da Silva produced his first play or opera in 1733, and the next year he married his cousin, D. Leonor Maria de Carvalho, whose parents had been burnt by the Inquisition, while she herself had gone through an auto-da-fé in Spain and been exiled on account of her religion. They had their first daughter in 1734, but the years of their happiness and of Silva’s dramatic career were few, for on October 5, 1737 husband and wife were both imprisoned on the charge of “judaizing”. A slave of theirs had denounced them to the Holy Office, and though the details of the accusation against them were trivial and even contradictory, António was condemned to death. On October 18 he was beheaded and his body burnt in an auto-da-fé; that same day one of his popular operettas was given at a Lisbon theatre.

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Sat 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center
Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA
Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania
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(1813) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of L'Italiana in Algeri, in Venice, Italy.
(1931) Albert Roussel: Premiere of Bacchus et Ariana, in Paris, France.
(1935) Werner Egk: Premiere of Die Zaubergeige, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
(1950) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Vier Letzte Lieder, in London, England.
(1960) Hans Werner Henze: Premiere of Der Prinz von Homburg, in Hamburg, Germany.

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[details ←] Just a Little Cha Cha, jazz band,
[details ←] Old Spanish Masters (score), organ,
[details ←] Sonata, guitar,
[details ←] Just A Little Cha Cha, jazz band,
[details ←] Errimina (Nostalgia), guitar,
[details ←] Suite Monette (4 movements), horn, trombone, trumpet, french horn,
[details ←] 41 Duets, guitar,
[details ←] Hooking the Flavors, jazz band,
[details ←] Hooking the Flavors, jazz band,
[details ←] Say What?, jazz band,
[details ←] Say What?, jazz band,
[details ←] 41 Duets
[details ←] Larghetto & Spiritoso, guitar,
[details ←] Brassiliera, trumpet,
[details ←] Suite Recife (five movements), horn, trombone, trumpet, french horn,
[details ←] Tema para um trompetista, horn, trombone, trumpet, french horn,
[details ←] Tema para um trompetista, piano, organ, trumpet,
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