Joao de Deus Castro Lobo (1794-1832) - Novena de Sao Francisco de Assis

★ Follow music ►   / reciclassicat   Composer: João de Deus Castro Lobo (1794-1832) Work: Novena de Sao Francisco de Assis Performers: Grupo Árcade (UFMG) e músicos convidados; Rаfаеl GrimаIdi (direção) Painting: Henry Chamberlain (1796-1843) - Barbacena (c.1820) Further info: https://imslp.org/wiki/Novena_de_S%C3...) Listen free: No available --- João de Deus Castro Lobo (Vila Rica, 8 March 1794 - Mariana, 26 January 1832) Brazilian organist and composer. Son of the Afro-descendants Gabriel de Castro Lobo (1763-1853) and Quitéria da Costa e Silva, he received music lessons from his father and his uncle José de Castro Lobo (?-1782). From 1811 to 1818 he was the Opera House conductor of Vila Rica and in 1812 he signed, with other colleagues, the request for the creation of the Confraternity of Saint Cecilia of Vila Rica, the city where he was working as musician until 1821. That year, he enrolled in the Seminary of Boa Morte of Mariana where he was ordained deacon and later presbyter. On 7 October 1825 he was appointed organist and chapel master of the Mariana Cathedral, succeeding José Felipe Correa Lisboa. From 1826 to 1831 he also assumed the post of music director of the Third Order of São Francisco de Mariana. his extant output consists of 23 works, mostly sacred. His brothers Gabriel de Castro Lobo 'Filho' (1798-1858) and Carlos de Castro Lobo (1803-1849) also pursued musical careers, and when Carlos de Castro Lobo settled to Rio de Janeiro, he had a prominent role, serving as organist of the Imperial Chapel of Rio de Janeiro between 1830 and 1848.