João de Deus Castro Lobo (1794-1832)
- Missa em Re maior (c.1817)
Performers: Silvina Sаdoly (soprano); Pablo Trаvаglino (contratenor); Pablo Politzеr (tenor); Walter Schwаrz (bass);
Americаntiga Early Music Ensemble; Ricardo Bеrnardеs (conductor)
Further info: João de Deus Castro Lobo (1794-1832)
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Brazilian organist and composer. Son of the Afro-descendants Gabriel de
Castro Lobo (1763-1853) and Quitéria da Costa e Silva, he received music
lessons from his father and his uncle José de Castro Lobo (?-1782).
From 1811 to 1818 he was the Opera House conductor of Vila Rica and in
1812 he signed, with other colleagues, the request for the creation of
the Confraternity of Saint Cecilia of Vila Rica, the city where he was
working as musician until 1821. That year, he enrolled in the Seminary
of Boa Morte of Mariana where he was ordained deacon and later
presbyter. On 7 October 1825 he was appointed organist and chapel master
of the Mariana Cathedral, succeeding José Felipe Correa Lisboa. From
1826 to 1831 he also assumed the post of music director of the Third
Order of São Francisco de Mariana. As a composer, his extant output consists of 23
works, mostly sacred. His brothers Gabriel de Castro Lobo 'Filho'
(1798-1858) and Carlos de Castro Lobo (1803-1849) also pursued musical
careers, and when Carlos de Castro Lobo settled to Rio de Janeiro, he
had a prominent role, serving as organist of the Imperial Chapel of Rio
de Janeiro between 1830 and 1848.
