Carlos Seixas | Timeline

José António Carlos de Seixas (June 11, 1704 – August 25, 1742) was a pre-eminent Portuguese composer of the 18th century. An accomplished virtuoso of both the organ and the harpsichord, Seixas succeeded his father as the organist for Coimbra Cathedral at the age of fourteen. In 1720, he departed for the capital, Lisbon, where he was to serve as the organist for the royal chapel, one of the highest offices for a musician in Portugal, a position which earned him a knighthood. Much of Seixas’ music rests in an ambiguous transitional period from the learned style of the 17th century to the galant style of the 18th century. (Intro from Wikipedia)

June 11, 1704 - Coimbra, Portugal - José António Carlos de Seixas is born
July 10, 1704 - Coimbra - Carlos Seixas is baptized
February 9, 1718 - Coimbra - Seixas is promoted to Organist of the Cathedral of Coimbra after his father's death =(START)
May 20(?), 1721 - Lisbon - Seixas travels to the Patriarchal Church of Lisbon
April 1(?), 1729 - Lisbon - Seixas joins the Order of Christ
December 8, 1731 - São Nicolau, Lisbon - Seixas marries Maria Joana Tomásia da Silva
June 30, 1733 - Lisbon - Seixas obtains the patent of "master captain" in the Company of Ordinances of the Royal Palace
May 21, 1738 - Lisbon - Seixas acquires ownership of an office of accountant of the Order of Santiago
August 25, 1742 - Lisbon - Carlos Seixas dies of rheumatic fever, aged 42 =(END)