1704 - 1742
José António Carlos de Seixas (Portuguese: [ˈkaɾluʃ ˈsɐjʃɐʃ]; 11 June 1704 – 25 August 1742) was a pre-eminent Portuguese composer of the 18th century. An accomplished virtuoso of both the organ and the harpsichord, Seixas succeeded his father as the organist for Coimbra Cathedral at the age of fourteen. In 1720, he departed for the capital, Lisbon, where he was to serve as the organist for the royal chapel, one of the highest offices for a musician in Portugal, a position which earned him a knighthood. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Seixas has received more than 88,528 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Carlos Seixas is the 623rd most popular composer (up from 647th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 183rd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Composer.
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Among composers, Carlos Seixas ranks 623 out of 1,216. Before him are Felip Pedrell, Francesco Canova da Milano, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claude Goudimel, Ciprian Porumbescu, and Léon Boëllmann. After him are Hucbald, Johann Baptist Cramer, Maxim Berezovsky, Andrea Falconieri, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, and Ivan Zajc.
1841 - 1922
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 617
1497 - 1543
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 618
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 619
1514 - 1572
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 620
1853 - 1883
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 621
1862 - 1897
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 622
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 623
840 - 930
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 624
1771 - 1858
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 625
1745 - 1777
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 626
1580 - 1656
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 627
1663 - 1745
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 628
1832 - 1914
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 629
Among people born in 1704, Carlos Seixas ranks 12. Before him are Hans Hermann von Katte, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Johann Andreas Segner, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, and Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden. After him are Louis de Jaucourt, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Charles Pinot Duclos, Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Byng, and Richard Pococke. Among people deceased in 1742, Carlos Seixas ranks 10. Before him are Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Pylyp Orlyk, Friedrich Hoffmann, Arvid Horn, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos. After him are Luigi Guido Grandi, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Willem 's Gravesande, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, and Richard Bentley.
1704 - 1730
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 6
1704 - 1723
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 7
1704 - 1774
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 8
1704 - 1777
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9
1704 - 1771
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 10
1704 - 1726
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 11
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 12
1704 - 1779
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 13
1704 - 1763
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 14
1704 - 1772
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 15
1704 - 1767
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 16
1704 - 1757
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 17
1704 - 1765
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 18
1661 - 1742
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 4
1675 - 1742
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 5
1672 - 1742
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6
1660 - 1742
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 7
1664 - 1742
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 8
1670 - 1742
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 9
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 10
1671 - 1742
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 11
1684 - 1742
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 12
1688 - 1742
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 13
1677 - 1742
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 14
1677 - 1742
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 15
1662 - 1742
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 16
Among people born in Portugal, Carlos Seixas ranks 189 out of 555. Before him are Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Manuel de Arriaga (1840), Nani (1986), Carlos do Carmo (1939), and Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1568). After him are Bento de Góis (1562), Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), António Vieira (1608), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), and Menasseh Ben Israel (1604).
1157 - 1218
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 183
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 184
1840 - 1917
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 185
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 186
1939 - 2021
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 187
1568 - 1630
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 188
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 189
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 190
1801 - 1876
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 191
1211 - 1231
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 192
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 193
1506 - 1555
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 194
1604 - 1657
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 195
Among composers born in Portugal, Carlos Seixas ranks 1. After him are Marcos Portugal (1762) and Luís de Freitas Branco (1890).
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1
1762 - 1830
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 2
1890 - 1955
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 3