Filipe de Magalhaes

Filipe de Magalhães (Azeitão, c.1571 - Lisbon, 1652) was a Portuguese composer of sacred polyphony.

Life

Filipe de Magalhães was born in Azeitão, Portugal in 1571. He studied music at the Cathedral of Évora with Manuel Mendes and he was a colleague of the renowned polyphonists Duarte Lobo and Manuel Cardoso. In 1589 he replaced Manuel Mendes as mestre da Claustra da Sé. He then went to Lisbon where he was member of the Capela Real choir and then mestre de Capela da Misericórdia. Read more on Last.fm