Francisco Manuel da Silva

(1795-1865)

Brazilian songwriter and music professor

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Francisco Manuel da Silva (21 February 1795 – 18 December 1865) was a songwriter and music professor. He was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. He had great prominence in the musical life of Rio de Janeiro in the period between the death of José Maurício Nunes Garcia and Antônio Carlos Gomes. He was a singer of Capela Real since 1809, and later a cello player. He was one of the founders of Imperial Academia de Música e Ópera Nacional (National Imperial Music and Opera Academy), of Sociedade Beneficência Musical e Conservatório Imperial de Música, which became Instituto Nacional de Música (Nacional Music Institute) and is called Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro University Music School).

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Born	21 February 1795 Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	18 December 1865 (aged 70) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Zodiac	Pisces
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