Arthur Napoleão
Arthur Napoleão (born March 6, 1843 in Porto , † May 12, 1925 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian pianist and composer.
Life
Napoleão performed at European courts as a child. After studying in Paris and Manchester, he continued to work as a pianist. As a chamber musician he worked with the violinists Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski .
In 1868 he came on a concert tour to Rio de Janeiro, where he settled as a music and instrument dealer and music publisher and worked as a conductor. He continued to perform as a pianist and chamber musician (with the Cuban violinist José White Lafitte, among others ). In 1883 he founded the Sociedade de Concertos Classicos . His most important student was the pianist and composer Chiquinha Gonzaga .
Napoleão composed an opera, orchestral and piano pieces, etudes, marches and hymns.
Works
- Camões for orchestra and banda
- L'Africaine for piano and orchestra
- Hino do Acre
- Hino do Espírito Santo
- A Brasileira for piano
- A Caprichosa for piano
- Elvira for piano
- A Fluminense for piano
- Uma Primeira impressão do Brasil for piano
- Soirée de Rio for piano
- Soirées intimate for piano
- Teus olhos for piano
literature
- In: Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - The composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 143, volume 4 .
source
- Academia Brasileira de Música - Biography ( Memento from November 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Napoleão, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | postage |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1925 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |