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Platão de Vaksel
b. 1844
noble · writer · diplomat · foreign visitor · music critic
Russian nobleman and doctor of philosophy who stayed in Madeira in the 1860s, studied Madeiran and Portuguese music and published articles on it in the Gazeta da Madeira. He invited José Carlos de Faria e Castro to Russia and later became his brother-in-law, and he afterwards headed the chancellery of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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- Faria e Castro (José Carlos de) — Russian writer who came to Madeira with a consumptive sister and invited Faria e Castro to Russia, later becoming his brother-in-law.
- Music — Russian writer whose 1869 article on Madeiran music is the entry's main source.
- Sarmento (José) — Distinguished musician and close associate of José Sarmento.
