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- ↑ The Royal Chapel in the Time of the Habsburgs: Music and Court Ceremony in Early Modern Europe ed. Juan José Carreras López, Bernardo José García García, Tess Knighton - 2005- Page 20 "... the structural comparison between the Portuguese Capela Real under Joao V and the Spanish case could reveal some interesting views, ... See M. C. Brito, 'Scarlatti e la musica alla cortedi Giovanni Vdi Portogallo', Chigiana 60 (1985), pp. (?)"
- ↑ Dennis Shrock Choral Repertoire 2009 - Page 221 "Domenico Scarlatti...and from 1719 until his death he served as mestre de capela at the Royal Chapel in Lisbon, Portugal, where his responsibilities consisted of teaching the Infanta Maria Barbara and the king's younger brother, Don Antonio."