António de Lima Fragoso (17 June 1897 – 13 October 1918) was a Portuguese composer and pianist.

Biography

Fragoso was born in Pocariça, Cantanhede. According to the Biblioteca Municipal de Cantanhede, he was given his earliest music lessons by his uncle, Dr. António dos Santos Tovin, and continued after his move to

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under the supervision of another uncle, who was also Fragoso's godfather, Dr José d´Oliveira Lima. He studied piano with Professor Ernesto Maia. At Lisbon Conservatoire of music, which he entered aged 17, he studied harmony and score-reading, and piano with Marcos Garin, Tomás Borba and

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. He achieved very high marks in his final examination on 3 July 1918. On 13 October 1918

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claimed his life. He died in his house in Pocariça, aged 21. Producer Manuela Paraíso describes his musical style as "having notable influences of Chopin, Fauré and Debussy", yet also asserts that "his beautiful, melancholy music has an identity of its own". Today, the Associação António Fragoso exists to commemorate his work, and promote recordings and performances of his music.

References

Information Database of Portuguese Composers (BDCP)

External links

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Information Database of Portuguese Composers (BDCP)Associação António Fragoso
1897 births 1918 deaths People from Cantanhede, Portugal Portuguese composers Portuguese male composers 20th-century composers Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in Portugal 20th-century male musicians {{Portugal-composer-stub