João Domingos Bomtempo


João Domingos Bomtempo was a Portuguese classical pianist, composer and pedagogue.

Biography

Bomtempo was the son of an Italian musician in the Portuguese court orchestra, and studied at the Music Seminary of the Patriarchal See in Lisbon. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he was not interested in opera and, in 1801, instead of going to Italy, he traveled to Paris, where he started a career as a virtuoso pianist. He moved to London in 1810 and became acquainted with liberal circles in that city.
During 1822 he returned to Lisbon, and founded there a Philharmonic Society to promote public concerts of contemporary music. After the Portuguese civil war between liberals and absolutists had resulted in a liberal victory, Bomtempo became a music teacher to the young Queen Maria II of Portugal and first Director of the National Conservatory, created in 1835 to replace the old Patriarchal Seminary, which had been abolished by the new liberal regime.
Bomtempo composed a vast number of concertos, sonatas, variations and fantasies for the piano. His two known symphonies are the first to be produced by a Portuguese composer. But his largest work, and probably his masterpiece, is his Requiem in memory of Luís de Camões, which has been released on CD.

List of compositions

Op. 1 \ Piano Sonata No. 1 in F major

Op. 2 \ Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major

Op. 3 \ Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor

Op. 4 \ Fandango & Variations for piano

Op. 5 \ :pt:Sonata para piano n.º 2 |Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor

Op. 6 \ Introduction, 5 variations & fantasy on Paisiello's favorite air for piano

Op. 7 \ Piano Concerto No.3 in G minor

Op. 8 \ Capriccio & Variations on God save the King for piano in E flat major

Op. 9 No.1 \ Piano Sonata No. 3 in E flat major

Op. 9 No.2 \ Piano Sonata No. 4 in C major

Op. 9 No.3 \ Sonata for violin and harpsichord in E major

Op. 10a \ Hymno lusitano ; Arrangement by the composer for piano 4-hands titled: March of Lord Wellington

Op. 10b \ La Virtù Trionfante

Op. 11 \ Symphony No.1 in E flat major

Op. 12 \ Piano Concerto No.4 in D major

Op. 13 \ Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major

Op. 14 \ Fantasia for piano in C minor

Op. 15 No.1 \ Piano Sonata No. 6 in A flat major

Op. 15 No.2 \ Piano Sonata No. 7 in G minor

Op. 15 No.3 \ Variations for piano on a popular French song

Op. 16 \ Piano Quintet in E flat major

Op. 17 \ A paz da Europa

Op. 18 No.1 \ Piano Sonata No. 8 in G major

Op. 18 No.2 \ Piano Sonata No. 9 in F minor

Op. 18 No.3 \ Piano Sonata No.10 in E flat major

Op. 19 \ 12 Studies for piano

Op. 20 \ Piano Sonata No.11 in E flat major

Op. 21 \ Variations for piano on a theme from Die Zauberflöte in G minor

Op. 22 \ Variations for piano on a theme from Alessandro in Efeso in B flat major

Op. 23 \

Op. 24 \ Piano Concerto No.5 in C minor/major