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Duarte Lobo entered the world in Alcáçovas, a town nestled in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal. Records show he served as a choir boy at Évora during his youth before studying under Manuel Mendes.
By 1591 he secured the prestigious appointment as mestre de capela at the cathedral in Lisbon. He held this position until 1639 spanning nearly five decades of service.
Despite living in changing times he remained a rather conservative composer throughout his career. His work followed the techniques established by Renaissance masters of the previous generation and preserved intricate vocal interweaving while contemporaries experimented with new forms.
His six books of sacred music appeared under publication by Plantin in Antwerp between 1602 and 1639. The volumes included masses responsories antiphons Magnificats and motets distributed across the decades starting with Osuscula in 1602 and ending with Liber Missarum II in 1639.
Contemporary recordings preserve his Requiem masses and motets for modern audiences today. Schola Cantorum of Oxford performed Portuguese Requiem Masses under conductor Jeremy Summerly on Naxos label 8.550682 and The Tallis Scholars recorded Duarte Lôbo's Requiem led by Peter Phillips for Gimell CDGIM 028.