Background

Jose was born on the 22nd of October, 1838 in Macau, China.

Education

José Augusto Ferreira Veiga was a pupil (1859) of Botelho (harmony), Schira (counterpoint and fugue), and Soares (pianoforte) at Lisbon.

Works

• ballet

  • Ginn

    1866

• Melodrama

  • Dina la derelitta

    (Lisbon, Teatro de S. Carlos)

    1885

• opera-ballet

  • L’elisir di giovinezza

    (Lisbon, Teatro de S. Carlos)

    1876

• operetta

  • A questão do oriente

    (Coimbra, Teatro Académico)

    1859

• Other Work

  • Te Deum

    (was an early Christian hymn of praise)

    1871