COMPOSER

Carlos Seixas

1704 - 1742

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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 90,535 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Carlos Seixas is the 750th most popular composer (down from 623rd in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 189th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Composer.

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  • 91k

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  • 53.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlos Seixas ranks 750 out of 1,451. Before him are Claude Balbastre, Benjamin Godard, Franz Krommer, Augusta Holmès, Dave Grusin, and Louise Bertin. After him are Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Johann Baptist Cramer, Gabriel Yared, Luis de Narváez, and Boris Asafyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1704, Carlos Seixas ranks 13. Before him are John Kay, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Johann Andreas Segner, and Louis de Jaucourt. After him are Charles Pinot Duclos, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Richard Pococke, John Byng, and Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1742, Carlos Seixas ranks 11. Before him are Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Pylyp Orlyk, Arvid Horn, Luigi Guido Grandi, Friedrich Hoffmann, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos. After him are John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Willem 's Gravesande, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, and Richard Bentley.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Carlos Seixas ranks 232 out of 633. Before him are Francisco Lázaro (1891), António José de Almeida (1866), Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Maria Severa Onofriana (1820), and Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515). After him are Carlos Tavares (1958), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), José Costa (1953), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), Miguel Torga (1907), and André Villas-Boas (1977).

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Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Carlos Seixas ranks 1. After him are Marcos Portugal (1762), Manuel Cardoso (1566), and Luís de Freitas Branco (1890).

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