José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746-1805) - Dominica in Palmis (1782)

Composer: José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746-1805) Work: Dominica in Palmis (1782) Performers: Choeur Hеnri Dupаrc; EnsembIe Musica Antiqua Painting: René Antoine Houasse (1645-1710) - Figure de la Magnificence royale, de l’Immortalité et du Progrès dans les Beaux-Arts (1683) --- José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (Vila do Príncipe [now Serro, Minas Gerais] 12 October 1746 - Rio de Janeiro, April 1805) Brazilian composer and organist. Son of the Portuguese José Lobo de Mesquita and his slave Joaquina Emerenciana, he was active in the province of Minas Gerais during the latter part of the 18th century, spending most of his life at Arraial do Tejuco (now Diamantina), where he settled in about 1776, and Vila Rica (Ouro Prêto). In 1788 he entered the brotherhood of Nossa Senhora das Mercês dos Homens Crioulos in Arraial do Tejuco, confirming that he was a mulatto. He served as organist at the church of S Antonio