Article Nº 2663 Artist or musician Vol. III · p. 22
Oliveira Paixão (José Joaquim de)
Portuguese violist of Funchal's theatre who became a noted composer of sacred music in Madeira.
He was a native of Portugal, but lived for many years in this city, having come here as violist of the Teatro Grande do Funchal, which the governor Dom Álvaro de Sousa de Macedo ordered to be demolished in 1832. Oliveira Paixão was a distinguished composer of sacred music, and until a few years ago many of his musical compositions were still performed in the churches of this diocese.
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