António da Silva Leite e a música para voz e três órgãos do Convento de Santa Clara da cidade do Porto

Rosana de Moraes Marreco Orsini Brescia

doi:10.5216/mh.v21.68889

Authors

Rosana de Moraes Marreco Orsini Brescia Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, rbrescia@fcsh.unl.pt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3034-5611

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/mh.v21.68889

Keywords:

Música Conventual, António da Silva Leite, música no Porto, Convento de Santa Clara, freiras musicistas.

Abstract

Considered amongst the most important and versatile Portuguese composers from the transition of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, António da Silva Leite occupied the most prestigious positions of the city of Oporto, including that of music teacher and composer of the main female convents of the city. The present paper approaches the role of this eminent composer with a special focus on the works composed for voices accompanied by three organs, an extraordinary case in the history of Portuguese music where the existing organological heritage worked as an agency to produce an unique musical repertoire.

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Author Biography

Rosana de Moraes Marreco Orsini Brescia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, rbrescia@fcsh.unl.pt

Rosana Marreco Brescia holds a Ph.D. degree in Modern and Contemporary History from the Université Sorbonne – Paris IV and in Musical Sciences from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her thesis entitled C’est là que l’on joue la comédie: les Casas da Ópera en Amérique Portugaise received the « mention très honorable ». Marreco Brescia also holds a Master's degree in Modern and Contemporary History from the Université Sorbonne – Paris IV, a Master's degree in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music – New York post-graduate degree from the Royal Academy of Music – London. In addition, Rosana has an undergraduate degree from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. She is currently an associated researcher at the Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she developed her post-doctoral researches about the Italian scenography in Portugal in the 18th century thru the support of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia of Portugal. Rosana Marreco Brescia is the author of the book É lá que se representa a comédia: a Casa da Ópera de Vila Rica (1770-1822). In addition, she is currently researching female conventual music in 18th and 19th century Portugal.