Photo: Pier Leone Ghezzi · Public domain · credits
Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Francisco António de Almeida
Person · male · Kingdom of Portugal · Crato · born 1703 · died 1755 · recording since 1992
Portuguese composer and organist
Also known as フランシスコ・アントニオ・デ・アルメイダ
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1700s
1750s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: La Giuditta - Oratorio
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography232 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372471834
Biography
Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702–1754) was a Portuguese composer and organist, standing as one of the greatest names in Portuguese Baroque music.
Career
From 1722 to 1726 he was a royal scholar in Rome. In 1724, Pier Leone Ghezzi drew his caricature, describing him as "a young but excellent composer of concertos and church music who sang with extreme taste". He returned to Portugal in 1726, where he became organist of the Royal and Patriarchal Chapel.
In 1728, the first of his serenatas, Il trionfo della virtù, was performed in Lisbon at the palace of Cardinal João da Mota e Silva. The serenata for six voices, Il Trionfo d’Amore, was first performed at the Ribeira Palace on 27th December 1729, the feast of St. John the Baptist, with King John V in attendance. His comic opera, La pazienza di Socrate, was performed at the royal palace in 1733 and it was the first Italian opera in Portugal.
He was hired by the King to teach the harpsichord to the young Infanta Barbara of Portugal.
A contemporary diarist states that Almeida composed music for the popular performances of presépios (Nativity scenes) in the Mouraria quarter of Lisbon.
Death
Despite claims of him dying in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, the composer actually died a year earlier on the 3rd of October in Sacavém, and was buried in the Hermitage of Our Lady of Victory.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -237 | 2.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 2:01:02
Disc 11La Giuditta: Introduzione5:512La Giuditta: Recit "Sventurata Giuditta!" (Giuditta)1:423La Giuditta: Aria "Quella Fiamma" (Giuditta)3:294La Giuditta: Recit "Qual Mai Gente Superba" (Oloferne, Achiorre)2:245La Giuditta: Aria "Invitti Miei Guerrieri" (Oloforne)3:476La Giuditta: Recit "Ove Gli Occhi Raggiro" / Aria: "Tortorella" (Ozia)7:017La Giuditta: Recit "Illustre Prence" (Giuditta, Ozia) / Aria "Saggio Nocchiero" (Giuditta)4:458La Giuditta: Recit "Ma Quale Ignoto Duce" (Ozia, Achiorre) / Aria "La Dolce Speranza" (Achiorre)4:439La Giuditta: Recit "Ed Orgogliosa" / Aria "Dal Mio Brando Fulminante" (Oloforne)5:0810La Giuditta: Recit "Prence, Già D'Ogni Intorno" / Aria "Pallida E Scolorita" (Achiorre)6:3711La Giuditta: Recit "A Tanto Rio Dolore" / Aria "Giusto Dio" (Ozia)7:2712La Giuditta: Recit "Dunque, Con Alma" (Ozia, Giuditta)1:4013La Giuditta: Aria "Sento Che Dice Al Cor" (Giuditta)7:0114La Giuditta: Recit "Ma Qual Vano Consiglio" . A Due "Vanne, Addio" (Ozia, Giuditta)7:03Disc 21La Giuditta: Recit "Alto Signore" / Aria "Dalla Destra Onnipotente" (Giuditta)5:022La Giuditta: Recit "Oh, Come Lieta" (Achiorre, Ozia) / Aria "Un'Alma Forte" (Ozia)4:293La Giuditta: Recit "Quest'è Il Giorno Fatale" / Aria "Date, O Trombe" (Oloforne)5:314La Giuditta: Recit "Ma Quale Io Veggio" (Oloferne, Giuditta) / Aria "Lo Splendor" (Giuditta)6:005La Giuditta: Recit "Illustre Pellegrina" (Oloferne, Giuditta)2:386La Giuditta: Aria "Cara, Non Paventar" (Oloferne)5:377La Giuditta: Recit "Giace Dal Sonno Avvinto" (Giuditta, Ozia)2:438La Giuditta: Aria "Mi Sento Nel Petto" (Ozia)3:579La Giuditta: Recit "Tutta Lieta E Fastosa" (Achiorre, Ozia, Giuditta) / Aria "Godete, Sì, Godete" (Giuditta) / Recit "Questa, Voi La Mirate" (Giuditta, Achiorre, Ozia)4:4810La Giuditta: Aria "Vengo A Te" (Achiorre)5:0611La Giuditta: Recit "Ma Come Tant'Ardire" / A Due "Quel Diletto" (Ozia, Giuditta)6:331700: The Century of the Portuguese
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:04:09
1Scena de Berenice for Soprano and Orchestra: Recitative “Berenice, che fai”5:072Scena de Berenice for Soprano and Orchestra: Aria “Non partir bell’idol mio”2:263Scena de Berenice for Soprano and Orchestra: Recitative “Me infelice che fingo”0:534Scena de Berenice for Soprano and Orchestra: Aria “Perché se tanti siete”7:455Sinfonia in D major for Strings and Continuo: Allegro2:586Sinfonia in D major for Strings and Continuo: Adagio0:557Sinfonia in D major for Strings and Continuo: Allegro1:138A quel leggiadro volto – Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Continuo: Recitative “A quel leggiadro volto”1:379A quel leggiadro volto – Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Continuo: Aria “Lascia per un momento”6:5110A quel leggiadro volto – Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Continuo: Recitative “Torni alle meste luci”0:5511A quel leggiadro volto – Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Continuo: Aria “Da nembi e da procelle”7:2512Sinfonia in F major for Strings, [Oboes] and Continuo: Allegro2:5413Sinfonia in F major for Strings, [Oboes] and Continuo: Largo0:5514Sinfonia in F major for Strings, [Oboes] and Continuo: Allegro1:0715Concerto in G minor for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo: [Allegro]6:2716Concerto in G minor for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo: [Adagio]2:3717Concerto in G minor for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo: [Allegro]5:5618Ah, non sai bella Selene – Aria for Soprano and Strings: Andantino moderato6:08
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Francisco António de Almeida head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -237 | 2.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Almeida%2C_compositor.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d62706b8-47b9-43a9-8fab-390819fea843discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d62706b8-47b9-43a9-8fab-390819fea843core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1441875genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1441875seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Almeidabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Almeida
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Image: Pier Leone Ghezzi · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1441875 · MusicBrainz: d62706b8-47b9-43a9-8fab-390819fea843
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