Antonio Fragoso

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Antonio Fragoso

Antonio de Lima Fragoso (born June 17, 1897 in Pocariça , Cantanhede municipality , Coimbra district , Portugal ; † October 13, 1918 there ) was a Portuguese composer and pianist. He is considered the most important Portuguese composer of his generation.

Life

He was taught music at the age of six. Until his death he left a slim work behind, which nevertheless made him the outstanding composer of his generation in Portugal. He completed his studies, which he had started in 1914, as a piano musician at the Lisbon Conservatory of Music in 1918, and died a few weeks later of the Spanish flu .

His work was influenced by Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré . One of his teachers at the Conservatory was the famous composer Luís de Freitas Branco . Fragoso wrote mainly violin and piano music. But there were also songs like "Canção da Fiadeira", based on a text by António Correia de Oliveira or "Chansonne de Automne", set to music with verses by Paul Verlaine in French.

The Quartetto Antonio Fragoso plays his and foreign classical music, the Associação Antonio Fragoso tries to keep his name in mind and to research his life and work; In 1986 there was a broadcast on Portuguese television in his honor (Tributo a Antonio Fragoso), and in 2008 an extensive colloquium was held on him.

Work (selection)

  • Canções e danças portuguesas (Portuguese dances and songs).
  • 7 preludes
  • Suite Romantique, 1916.
  • Trio in C sharp minor, 1916.
  • Sonata in D, 1918, unfinished.

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personal data
SURNAME Fragoso, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lima Fragoso, Antonio de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Pocariça , Cantanhede Municipality , Coimbra District , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1918
Place of death Pocariça , Cantanhede Municipality , Coimbra District , Portugal