Jorge Peixinho
Jorge Manuel Marques Peixinho Rosado[1][2] (born 20 January 1940 — 30 June 1995)[3] was a Portuguese composer, pianist and conductor.
Life and career
Born in Montijo, Portugal, Peixinho studied composition and piano at the Conservatory of Lisbon from 1951 through 1958.[3] At that institution he was a pupil of Artur Santos and Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos.[3] He then pursued graduate studies in music composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome where he was mentored in composition by Boris Porena and Goffredo Petrassi; graduating in 1961.[3] In 1960 he worked with Luigi Nono in Venice, and with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the City of Basel Music Academy.[3] From 1960 through 1970 he was a participant in the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, as both student and lecturer.[3] He began teaching courses in contemporary music in 1962 at the Lisbon Conservatory, and at other institutions in Portugal and South America.[3]
In 1970, he created the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group with Clotilde Rosa, and worked at the IPEM studio in Ghent from 1972 to 1973.[3]
He died in Lisbon, Portugal on June 30, 1995.[3]
Works (selective list)
- Tríptico, for voices / soli, choirs, and various instrumental ensembles (1959)
- Sucessões Simétricas I, for piano solo (1960)
- Episódios, for string quartet (1960)
- Políptico, for chamber orchestra (1960)
- Episódios, for string quartet (1960)
- Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (1961)
- Episódios, for string quartet (1960)
- Diafonia, for harp, harpsichord + piano (one player), celesta, percussion and 12 stringed instruments (1963–65)
- Morfocromia, for 12 instruments divided up into three sections (1963–66)
- Kinetofonias, for large string orchestra divided up into three sections (1965–68)
- CDE, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (1970)
- Sucessões Simétricas II, for orchestra (1971)
- As Quatro Estações, for trumpet, cello, harp and piano (1968–72)
- Voix, for chamber orchestra and mezzo-soprano (1972)
- A Idade do Ouro, for 2 clarinets & bass clarinets, 2 violins, harp, harpsichord, piano & organ (1973)
- Recitativo IV, for flute, harp, guitar, viola, cello, piano, melodica, percussion and tape (1974)
- Música em Água e Marmore, for flute, trumpet, harp, guitar, violin, cello and synthesizer (1977)
- Electronicolírica, for tape (1979)
- Elegy for Amilcar Cabral / "Elegia a Amílcar Cabral", an electroacoustic composition (1978)
- Mémoires... Miroirs... , concerto - for amplified clavichord and 12 stringed instruments (1980)
- Canto para Anna Livia / "Song for Anna Livia", for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, flute, recorder, cello, celesta, organ and three percussionists (1981)
- Retrato de Helena / "Portrait of Helen", for chamber orchestra (1982)
- Concerto de Outono / "Autumn Concerto", for oboe and orchestra (1983)
- O Jardim de Belisa, for chamber ensemble (1984)
- Ouçam a soma dos sons que soam, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion and string quintet (1986)
- Canto Germinal, electroacoustic music (1989)
- Passage Interieur, for saxophones, electric guitar, electric bass, synthesizer and electronic drum set (1989)
- Alis, for chamber orchestra / 15 instruments (1990)
- Floreal, for flute, bass clarinet, harp, celesta, violin and viola (1992)
- Nocturno no Cabo do Mundo, sonata for three pianos (1993)
- Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1995)
Recordings of his work (selection)
- Música I (Cinco pequenas peças "Five Short Pieces", Collage I, Estudo I, Harmónicos, Sucessões Simétricas I). Jorge Peixinho and Filipe de Sousa, pianos.
LP: Tecla, 1972 (reed. CD: Jorsom, 1994)
- CDE,. Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa - "Lisbon Contemporary Music Group", led by / dir. Jorge Peixinho.
LP: Sassetti, 1974 (reed. CD: Strauss, 1995)
- Elegia a Amílcar Cabral, electronic music.
LP: Sassetti, 1978 (reed. CD: Strauss-PortugalSom, 1997)
- As Quatro Estações "Four Seasons". Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa - "Lisbon Contemporary Music Group",
led by / dir. Carlos Franco. LP: Sassetti, 1982 (reed. CD: PortugalSom, 1991)
- Music of Portugal, series of 20 LPs, 2nd subset of 5, LPs 4106, 4109 (including - Sucessões Simétricas I, Episódios).
Fernando Laires, piano; Manhattan String Quartet. Educo (USA), [1984]
- Koellreutter (includes Greetings für Koellreutters), Grupo Juntos Música Nova.
LP: Fundação Nacional de Arte/ Memória Musical Brasileira - "National Foundation for Art/ Brazilian Music Heritage", 1985.
- Música Portuguesa Contemporânea – Obras para guitarra "Contemporary Portuguese Music - Guitar Works"
(includes L'Oiseau-Lyre). José Lopes e Silva, guitar. LP: PortugalSom, 1985 (reed. CD, 1995)
- Daniel Kientzy (includes Sax-Blue). Daniel Kientzy, saxophone.
LP: Poly, 1988.
Jorge Peixinho:
- Sobreposições, Políptico 1960, Sucessões Simétricas II, As Quatro Estações.
Orquestra Sinfónica de Budapeste/ GMCL. CD: PortugalSom, 1991.
- Música Portuguesa Contemporânea – Obras para clarinete "Contemporary Portuguese Music - Clarinet Works"
(includes - O novo canto da Sibila). António Saiote, clarinet. CD Strauss-PortugalSom, 1995.
Jorge Peixinho:
- Concerto para saxofone alto e orquestra "Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra",
includes - Sax-blue, Passage intérieur, Fantasia-Impromptu. Daniel Kientzy, saxofones /Filarmonica Transilvania et al., CD: Nova Musica, 1996
- Música Portuguesa – Séc. XX "Portuguese Music - XXth Century"
(includes - 'À flor das águas verdes' and 'Nocturno no Cabo do Mundo'), Grupo de Música Vocal Contemporânea "Contemporary Vocal Group", (led by) dir. Mário Mateus /Jorge Peixinho, Francisco Monteiro e Jaime Mota, pianos 2CD: Numérica, 1996
- Lov (includes - Lov II). Trio Lov.
CD: AM&M, 2002
- Jorge Peixinho: – Música para piano.
Miguel Borges Coelho, piano. 2CD: Numérica, 2005
Bibliography (selective list)
by Jorge Peixinho:
- "Música e Notação" (separata de Poesia Experimental-2, Lisbon: Cadernos de Hoje), 1966
- «Canto de amor e de morte. Introdução a um ensaio de interpretação morfológica» in III Ciclo de Cultura Musical: Fernando Lopes-Graça. Associação Académica da Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa/ Agência da J.M.P., 1966.
- "Música sem fantástico ou música arte-fantástica?", in O Fantástico na Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon: Gulbenkian, 1992, pp. 219–22
- «Lopes-Graça: nova luz sobre uma figura ímpar da cultura portuguesa» in 'Uma homenagem a Fernando Lopes-Graça', Matosinhos, Edições Afrontamento/Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos - Matosinhos City Hall, 1995, pp. 6–15
about Jorge Peixinho:
- Estes sons, esta linguagem, by Mário Vieira de Carvalho, Lisbon: Estampa, 1978
- A invenção dos sons. Uma panorâmica da composição em Portugal, hoje, by Sérgio Azevedo, Lisbon: Caminho, 1998
- Jorge Peixinho in memoriam, by José Machado (coord.), Lisbon: Caminho, 2002
- Dez compositores portugueses do século XX, by Manuel Pedro Ferreira (coord.), Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006
- Música, Estética e Sociedade nos escritos de Jorge Peixinho, by Cristina Teixeira, Lisboa: Colibri, 2006
References
- ^ Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Belknap Press. p. 678.
- ^ "Jorge Peixinho Discography". Discogs.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Adriana Latino (20 January 2001). "Peixinho, Jorge (Manuel Rosado Marques)". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21205. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
External links
- Composer’s website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009).
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- 1940 births
- 1995 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- Portuguese classical composers
- Portuguese classical pianists
- Portuguese conductors (music)
- Male conductors (music)
- People from Montijo, Portugal
- Pupils of Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 20th-century conductors (music)
- 20th-century classical pianists
- Portuguese male classical composers
- Male classical pianists
- 20th-century Portuguese male musicians
- Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni