Background
Keil was born in Lisbon, the son of Johann Christian Keil (son of Johann Georg Keil and wife Elisabeth ) and wife (m Lisbon, 30 August 1848) Maria Josefina Stellflug (daughter of Matias Stellflug and wife Barbara ).
Keil was born in Lisbon, the son of Johann Christian Keil (son of Johann Georg Keil and wife Elisabeth ) and wife (m Lisbon, 30 August 1848) Maria Josefina Stellflug (daughter of Matias Stellflug and wife Barbara ).
He studied in Munich and Nuremberg with the German romantic painters Kaulbach and von Kreling.
He was of German origin, and was the great Portuguese romantic composer. He was also considered the last important Portuguese painter in the romantic style. Returning to Portugal, where he continued his studies, he became a well known romantic painter, being also the contemporary of the naturalist generation, with his melancholic intimate scenes and landscapes.
As a composer, he gained prominence with his operas Donna Bianca (1888), Irene (1893) and Serrana (1899), then considered the best Portuguese opera.
He composed the music of A Portuguesa, the Portuguese national anthem, in 1891, with lyrics by poet and playwright Henrique Lopes de Mendonça. lieutenant was officially adopted in 1911, after the proclamation of the Republic the previous year.
Ironically, he died, in Hamburg, almost exactly three years before the first day of the Revolution. Joana Maria Francisca Cinatti Keil
Maria Sara Keil Carvalho da Silva
Eduardo Alfredo Keil Carvalho da Silva, married to Dolores dos Santos Mendes, and had issue, three children:
Eduardo Artur Mendes Keil Carvalho da Silva
Guida Maria Mendes Keil Carvalho da Silva, had natural children one by.
Morais Marques and two by.
Teixeira:
Inês Raquel Carvalho da Silva Morais Marques
Tito Carvalho da Silva Teixeira
Erica Carvalho da Silva Teixeira
Carlos Eduardo Mendes Keil Carvalho da Silva
Luís Cristiano Cinatti Keil
Paulo Henrique Cinatti Keil.