Mestre da Capela Real (''Master of the Royal Chapel'') was the
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term used to designate the person who was in charge of all musical details related with the churches and chapels of the
Kings of Portugal
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On 27 of March 1623
Filipe de Magalhães Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571–1652) was a Portuguese composer of sacred polyphony.
Life
Filipe de Magalhães was born in Azeitão, Portugal, in 1571. He studied music at the Cathedral of Évora with Manuel Mendes where he was a colleague of ...
was appointed ''Mestre da Capela Real'', a position he held until his retirement in 1641.
Marcos Soares Pereira was then appointed to the position, which he held until his death in 1655.
[José Augusto Alegria, ''História da Capela e Colégio dos Santos Reis Magos'', Fundação Calouste Gulbenian, 1983, p.163]
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