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[Marques, José] (b Vila Viçosa, c1778; d Lisbon, Feb 5, 1837). Portuguese composer. After studying with Galão in Vila Viçosa, in 1802 he went to Lisbon where he became a Paulist friar and organist of the Paulists' church. He also took lessons in counterpoint from Baldi, on whose recommendation he was appointed organist of the royal chapel of Bemposta (Lisbon) in 1808. In about 1810 he briefly visited Rio de Janeiro, but returned to Bemposta, and after Baldi's death in 1816 succeeded him as mestre de capela. In 1819 he attempted to succeed Leal as mestre de música in the seminário (choir school) of Lisbon Cathedral, but the personal enmity of the school's inspector cost him a long delay and resulted in only a part-time appointment beginning 6 October 1820. In recompense he was allowed to hold the Bemposta chapel post concurrently until 1834, when as a partisan of the defeated Dom Miguel I he was excluded from further royal employment. During his last three years he composed for festivals celebrated privately by the Conde de Redondo and contributed piano pieces to the short-lived Lisbon music periodical, ...