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Francisco Xavier Baptista: New Biographical Data on the Identity of the Portuguese Composer.

Francisco Xavier Baptista: Novos Dados Biográficos sobre a Identidade do Compositor Português.

Nejmeddine, Mafalda S.*
(*) CESEM/IN2PAST – University of Évora
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2015-11-13
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2023-11-09
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2023-11-09

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CITATION

Nejmeddine , M. S. (2023). DE BAPTISTA A BAXIXA: percurso dos músicos Francisco Xavier e Joaquim Félix Xavier. Video Journal of Social and Human Research, 2(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.18817/vjshr.v2i1.21
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SYNOPSIS

Little is known about Francisco Xavier Baptista who was the greatest Portuguese keyboard composer of the second half of the eighteenth century. This paper reveals new biographical data, clarifies some uncertainties about his identity and assigns the authorship of two sonatas to this Portuguese composer.
Pouco se sabe sobre Francisco Xavier Baptista que foi o maior compositor português para instrumentos de tecla da segunda metade do século XVIII. Esta comunicação divulga novos dados biográficos, esclarece algumas incertezas acerca da sua identidade e atribui a autoria de duas sonatas a este compositor português.
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ABSTRACT

Francisco Xavier Baptista is one of the most important composers of the Portuguese keyboard repertoire of the second half of the 18th century. His collection of twelve sonatas is among the rare keyboard works published in Portugal at that time. In addition to these, there are two manuscript sonatas by him and two others indicating the authorship of Francisco Xavier Bachixa, in a manuscript preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Based on biographical research and on the study of documentation from the time, this video-article clarifies about the surname Baxixa (or Bachixa) and the identity of this Portuguese musician and composer, as well as his son, Joaquim Félix Xavier.
Francisco Xavier Baptista é um dos compositores mais marcantes do repertório português para tecla da segunda metade do século XVIII. A sua coleção de doze sonatas figura entre as raras obras para instrumentos de tecla publicadas em Portugal nessa época. Além destas, existem duas sonatas manuscritas da sua autoria e outras duas indicando a autoria de Francisco Xavier Bachixa, num manuscrito preservado na Bibliothèque nationale de France. A partir de pesquisas biográficas e do estudo de documentação da época, este vídeo-artigo esclarece acerca do sobrenome Baxixa (ou Bachixa) e da identidade deste músico e compositor português, bem como do seu filho, Joaquim Félix Xavier.
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KEYWORDS

Portuguese Music, Biography, Francisco Xavier Baptista, Joaquim Félix Xavier Baxixa.
Música portuguesa, Biografia, Francisco Xavier Baptista, Joaquim Félix Xavier Baxixa.
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Mafalda Nejmeddine concluded in 1995 the Diploma of the Complementary Piano Course at the Academy of Music S. Pio X in Vila do Conde. In 1999, she obtained the 1st Prize of Harpsichord from the Superior Conservatory of Paris-CNR. His academic career was completed with the Harpsichord Degree in the Superior School of Music of Lisbon, Master degre in Music Education in University of Minho, and with PhD degree in Music and Musicology in University of Évora, which has been supported of the Foundation for Science and Technology. She performed teaching activities, interpretation as a harpsichordist and research in the field of musicology. She edited the score of “Sei Sonate per Cembalo” by Alberto José Gomes da Silva, in collaboration with Gerhard Doderer. Her repertoire extends from ancient music to contemporary music with emphasis on Portuguese keyboard repertoire of the eighteenth-century.
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