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Marcos Portugal

1762 - 1830

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Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal (24 March 1762 – 17 February 1830), known as Marcos Portugal, or Marco Portogallo, was a Portuguese classical composer, who achieved great international fame for his operas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcos Portugal is the 1,032nd most popular composer (down from 988th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 284th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marcos Portugal ranks 1,032 out of 1,451Before him are R. Murray Schafer, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., Kevin MacLeod, Ruperto Chapí, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, and Sergei Vasilenko. After him are Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Kalevi Aho, Roman Vlad, Magnus Lindberg, Slavko Avsenik, and Marco da Gagliano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Marcos Portugal ranks 29Before him are Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Juan O'Donojú, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Giuseppe Valadier, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. After him are Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Lachlan Macquarie, Marie Bouliard, Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, and Joanna Baillie. Among people deceased in 1830, Marcos Portugal ranks 27Before him are Elizabeth Monroe, Swaminarayan, Pierre Rode, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, and Ignaz Schuppanzigh. After him are Jan Śniadecki, William Huskisson, William Hazlitt, José de la Mar, József Katona, and Carl Fredrik Fallén.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Marcos Portugal ranks 312 out of 633Before him are Guilhermina Suggia (1885), Marco Silva (1977), João Félix (1999), Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Pedro Teixeira (1585), and Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza (1805). After him are Fernão Lopes (1385), João de Castro (1500), Salvador Sobral (1989), Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465), Raul Meireles (1983), and João Cancelo (1994).

Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Marcos Portugal ranks 3Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704), and Manuel Cardoso (1566). After him are Luís de Freitas Branco (1890).