Bernardo José De Sousa Queiroz

Bernardo José De Sousa Queiroz (Lisbon, 1765 - Rio de Janeiro, 1837) was a Portuguese composer who arrived in Rio de Janeiro at an unknown date. He was named composer to the Royal Household in 1810. Sousa Queiroz acted as master of vocal and instrumental music at the Royal Theater of São João do Rio de Janeiro, from its founding in 1813, until the 1830s.