COMPOSER

Manuel Cardoso

1566 - 1650

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Manuel Cardoso (baptized 11 December 1566 – 24 November 1650) was a Portuguese composer and organist. With Duarte Lobo and John IV of Portugal, he represented the "golden age" of Portuguese polyphony. Cardoso is not known to be related to an older contemporary composer of the same name; the precentor Manuel Cardoso, who published a book of Latin passions in Leiria in 1575. Cardoso was born in Fronteira, near Portalegre, most likely in 1566. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Cardoso is the 752nd most popular composer (up from 1,046th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Portugal (up from 304th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Manuel Cardoso ranks 752 out of 1,451. Before him are Domenico Gabrielli, Boris Asafyev, Carlos Chávez, Franchinus Gaffurius, Pierre Attaingnant, and Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély. After him are Josef Tal, Matthias Weckmann, Isaak Dunayevsky, Franz Lachner, Nicolas Isouard, and Dave Grusin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1566, Manuel Cardoso ranks 17. Before him are Giovanni Baglione, Sendivogius, Sigrid of Sweden, Marie of the Incarnation, Georg Flegel, and Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt. After him are Joachim Wtewael, John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Francesco Erizzo, Francesco Contarini, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Edward Alleyn. Among people deceased in 1650, Manuel Cardoso ranks 14. Before him are Hanzade Sultan, Cristóvão Ferreira, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Catalina de Erauso, and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are İbrahim Peçevi, Jean Rotrou, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, and Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Manuel Cardoso ranks 241 out of 633. Before him are Bento de Góis (1562), António José de Almeida (1866), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), and Cristóvão da Gama (1516). After him are José Costa (1953), Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal (1736), Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), João do Canto e Castro (1862), Garcia de Orta (1499), and Fernando II, Duke of Braganza (1430).

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Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Manuel Cardoso ranks 2. Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704). After him are Marcos Portugal (1762), and Luís de Freitas Branco (1890).

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