{{Infobox person | name = Marcos Coelho Neto | other_names = Marcos Coelho Neto Filho<ref>{{cite book |last=Bethell |first=Leslie |date=1984 |title=The Cambridge History of Latin America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhNfVshMw64C&q=Marcos+Coelho+Neto&pg=PA801 |location= |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=801 |isbn=9780521245166 |accessdate= }}</ref> | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{start date|1763}} | birth_place = Ouro Preto | birth_name = | death_date = {{death year and age|1823|1763}} | death_place = Ouro Preto | death_cause = | known = | occupation = {{Plainlist| * Composer * Conductor }} | spouse = }}
'''Marcos Coelho Neto''' (1763–1823) was a Brazilian composer. Born in mining colony of Ouro Preto in 1763, his father was a former slave who became a trumpet player and composer.<ref name=brazil>{{cite book |last=Lopes |first=Nei |date=2004 |title=Diáspora africana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88KI6pZyjDwC&q=Marcos+Coelho+Neto&pg=PA196 |location= |publisher=Selo Negro |page=196 |isbn=9788587478214 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> The younger Coelho Neto followed his father as a composer and instrumental performer. In 1785 he was placed in charge of the productions of three operas and two dramas celebrating the marriage of João VI and Carlota Joaquina.<ref name=brazil /> Coelho Neto is best known today as the composer of the hymn ''Maria mater gratiae''.<ref name=brazil /> (1796), which is noted for its elegance and creativity.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baltazar |first=Carlos Alberto |date=1999 |title=Música do Brasil colonial. II |volume=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g47-H4O9R9UC&q=Marcos+Coelho+Neto&pg=PT13 |location= |publisher=EdUSP |page=16 |isbn=9788531404634 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> He died on October 23, 1823, in Ouro Preto.
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