Gonçalo Annes Boto, organist and chapel master of the Church of Santa Cruz, Graciosa Island (Azores)

Key Points

• The aim is to explore Gonçalo Annes Boto's life and career as an organist and chapel master.
• Review of historical documents related to Boto's career.
• Contextual analysis of the music scene in the Azores during the seventeenth century.
• Examination of available records from the Church of Santa Cruz.
• Limited information is available about Boto's personal life and professional achievements.
• Contextual details shed light on the role of musicians in the Azorean archipelago during that period.