Birth Anniversary: Maria Barbara di Braganza — December 4, 1711
Born in Lisbon on 4 December 1711, the eldest daughter of King John V of Portugal and Maria Anna of Austria. A gifted musician from childhood, she became the lifelong student and patron of Domenico Scarlatti, who composed the overwhelming majority of his 555 sonatas for her personal performance.
Dates verified on Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, voce "Bárbara de Braganza" (https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/7946/barbara-de-braganza); Ralph Kirkpatrick, Domenico Scarlatti, Princeton University Press, 1953.
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