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Diogo Dias Melgás (often Melgaz) (Cuba (Portugal), 1638 - Évora, 1700) was a Portuguese composer of late-Renaissance sacred polyphony.

Life

Diogo Dias Melgás was born in Cuba, Alentejo, on 14 April 1638. He was a choirboy at the Colégio da Claustra in Évora in 1646. He took holy orders at the Cathedral of Évora, where he stayed the rest of his life, being a student of Manuel Rebelo, and holding the position of mestre de capela for about 30 years. He died blind and extremely poor on 3 February 1700. He was the last of the great Portuguese polyphonic masters, who began to flourish in Évora in the second half of the sixteenth century.

Work

A large part of Melgás's work is lost. The surviving works - masses, motets, graduals - are kept in the archives of the Cathedrals of Évora and Lisbon, and were published in modern notation by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in 1978 (Opera Omnia, Portugaliae Musica XXXII).

Recordings

1994, Music of the Portuguese Renaissance, Pro Cantione Antiqua, Hyperion CDA66715
- includes 14 works by Melgás
2004, A Golden Age of Portuguese Music, The Sixteen, CORO COR16020
- includes 3 works by Melgás
2008, The Golden Age, The King's Singers, Signum Classics
- includes 2 works by Melgás

References

Enciclopédia Verbo Luso-Brasileira de Cultura, vol. 19, "Melgaz (Diogo Dias)", ed. Verbo, Lisboa/São Paulo, 1998

External links

Free scores by Diogo Dias Melgás in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

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-'''Diogo Dias Melgás''' (often ''Melgaz'') ([[Cuba (Portugal)]], 1538 - [[Évora]], 1600) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[composer]] of [[polyphony]].
+'''Diogo Dias Melgás''' (often ''Melgaz'') ([[Cuba (Portugal)]], 1638 - [[Évora]], 1700) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[composer]] of late-[[Renaissance music|Renaissance]] sacred [[polyphony]].
 ==Life==
-Diogo Dias Melgás was born in [[Cuba]], [[Alentejo]], on April 14 1538. He was a [[choirboy]] at the Colégio da Claustra in Évora in 1546. He took the holy orders at the Cathedral of Évora, where he stayed the rest of his life, being a student of [[Manuel Rebelo]], and holding the position of [[kapellmeister|mestre de capela]] for about 30 years. He died blind and extremely poor on February 3 1600. He was the last of the great Portuguese polyphony masters who began to flourish in Évora in the second half of the 16th century.
+Diogo Dias Melgás was born in [[Cuba (Portugal)|Cuba]], [[Alentejo]], on 14 April 1638. He was a [[choirboy]] at the Colégio da Claustra in Évora in 1646. He took holy orders at the Cathedral of Évora, where he stayed the rest of his life, being a student of [[Manuel Rebelo]], and holding the position of ''[[kapellmeister|mestre de capela]]'' for about 30 years. He died blind and extremely poor on 3 February 1700. He was the last of the great Portuguese polyphonic masters, who began to flourish in Évora in the second half of the sixteenth century.
 ==Work==
-A large part of Melgás's work is lost. The surviving works - [[mass]]es, [[motet]]s, [[gradual]]s - are kept in the archives of the Cathedrals of Évora and [[Lisbon]], and were published in modern notation by the [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]] in 1978 (''Opera Omnia'', Portugaliae Musica XXXII).
+A large part of Melgás's work is lost. The surviving works - [[mass (music)|mass]]es, [[motet]]s, [[gradual]]s - are kept in the archives of the Cathedrals of Évora and [[Lisbon]], and were published in modern notation by the [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]] in 1978 (''Opera Omnia'', Portugaliae Musica XXXII).
 ==Recordings==
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 *''Enciclopédia Verbo Luso-Brasileira de Cultura'', vol. 19, "Melgaz (Diogo Dias)", ed. Verbo, Lisboa/São Paulo, 1998
+==External links==
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+* {{ChoralWiki|Diogo Dias Melgaz}}
-[[Category:1638 births|Melgás]]
-[[Category:1700 deaths|Melgás]]
-[[Category:Portuguese composers|Melgás]]
-[[Category:Renaissance composers|Melgás]]
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-[[pt:Diogo Dias Melgás]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Melgas, Diogo Dias}}
+[[Category:1638 births]]
+[[Category:1700 deaths]]
+[[Category:People from Cuba, Portugal]]
+[[Category:Portuguese Baroque composers]]
+[[Category:Renaissance composers]]
+[[Category:17th-century Portuguese people]]
+[[Category:17th-century classical composers]]
+[[Category:Portuguese male classical composers]]
+[[Category:17th-century male musicians]]
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