ABSTRACT Masters of music and dance were very important figures within the European Baroque society. They were responsible for educating the upper classes and did so in the suitable privacy of the home environment. However, their presence in Portugal has been little noted, and few studies concerning their functions as teachers and choreographers have been produced in the last decades. Analysis of new iconographic and literary sources from the second half of the seventeenth and the first half of the eighteenth centuries has resulted in new data about their existence and relevance. A study of this new information proves the presence of this professional class in Portugal and allows for the contextualization of its members’ activity, the evaluation of their importance to the musical life of that period, and the analysis of issues related to musical and dancing practices.

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意外的存在，或葡萄牙巴洛克社会的舞蹈大师和音乐大师

摘要 音乐和舞蹈大师是欧洲巴洛克社会中非常重要的人物。他们负责教育上层阶级，并在适当的家庭环境隐私中这样做。然而，他们在葡萄牙的存在却鲜为人知，在过去的几十年里，关于他们作为教师和编舞者的职能的研究很少。对 17 世纪下半叶和 18 世纪上半叶的新图像和文学资源的分析产生了关于它们的存在和相关性的新数据。对这一新信息的研究证明了葡萄牙存在这个专业阶层，并允许对其成员的活动进行背景化，评估他们对那个时期音乐生活的重要性，