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António Fortunato de Figueiredo

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Figueiredo gave a number of lectures on music and history of music which were broadcast by Goa's Portuguese Radio and later by the
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parents Gabriel de Figueiredo and Ermelinda Parras e Figueiredo. He learnt the first
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Soon after founding the Goa Symphony Orchestra, Figueiredo convinced the
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Homenageado em Pangim no centenário do seu nascimento (in Portuguese)
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Sessão de homenagem ao Maestro António de Figueiredo (in Portuguese)
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at a primary school under a local teacher. Whilst studying at the
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conductor and violinist. He was India's first conductor of
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in 1936, António was appointed the choir-master at the
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to study at the Faculty of Music and Musicology of the
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António Fortunato de Figueiredo was born in Nacordá-
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rudiments of music
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