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João Rodrigues Esteves (c. 1700 – c. 1751) was a Portuguese composer of religious music. His surviving works number close to 100. His manuscripts are all housed in Portuguese libraries, mostly in the Lisbon Cathedral archive.[1] He is first mentioned in 1719 when he was brought to Rome under King João V in order to study with composer Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni. By 1726 he was back in Portugal. In 1729 he became a master of music in the Basilica de Santa Maria Maior, the Lisbon Cathedral.[2][3]

He wrote numerous works, among others:

• Eight-voice mass completed at Rome on 8 September 1721
• 22 vesper psalms
• 2 Te Deum
• Magnificat in E minor with organ

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