Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (born August 1, 1846 in Paranaguá , † August 11, 1913 in Berlin ) was a Brazilian composer and diplomat .
Life
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha came from a musical family. He received his first piano lessons at home and was soon a respected pianist in his hometown and in São Paulo . From 1866 he studied law at the University of São Paulo and entered the diplomatic service in 1870. He worked as a diplomat in Italy , Belgium , Bolivia and Peru and was finally the Brazilian ambassador in Berlin .
Brasílio Itiberê was known to famous pianists such as Arthur Rubinstein , Giovanni Sgambati and Franz Liszt . He composed his Estudo de Concerto for Rubinstein , Liszt had his rhapsody A Sertaneja in his repertoire. Da Cunha left around sixty works, thirty of which are in the Biblioteca Casa da Memória of the Fundação Cultural de Curitiba . They are mainly piano works, as well as five vocal works and three arrangements for piano and violin. He is one of the first Brazilian composers to incorporate folkloric elements into his works.
Works
- Eco dos salões, valsa de bravura, Op. 3 (1865)
- Os pífaros da esquadra, polca brilhante, Op. 5 (1867)
- Valsa acadêmica, aos estudantes de São Paulo, Op. 9
- A graciosa , Op. 10
- Stella maris (Grande mazurka de salão), Op. 11
- Mazurka en la majeur , Op. 12th
- Barcarolle , Op. 13
- Danse americaine , Op. 14th
- A Sertaneja , fantasia característica sobre temas brasileiros, Op. 15 (1869)
- Valse-Caprice (A misteriosa, 3a grande valsa de bravura), Op. 16 (1869)
- Sur les rives du Plata , meditation, Op. 18th
- Une larme (Uma lágrima), meditation, Op. 19 (1869)
- Ballade des tropiques , Op. 20th
- Marcha fúnebre à memória de Gottschalk , Op. 21 (1870)
- Poème d'amour , fantaisie, Op. 22nd
- Gavotte sur l'air célèbre de Louis XIII , Op. 23
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Soirées à Venise , trois morceaux, Op. 24
- Barcarolle
- nocturne
- Romance
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Nuits orientales , Op. 27
- nocturne
- La dahabieh (La gondole du Nil), Barcarolle
- Le jardin des tropiques (devant l'Île d'Éléphantine-Nile), Étude mélodique
- Berceuse (Le filleul), Op. 28
- Gavotte , Op. 30th
- Mazurka , Op. 31
- Caprices à la mazurka , No. 3, Op. 32
- Étude de concert d'après E. Bach , Op. 33
- Sérénade , Op. 34
- Grande Mazurca de Salão , Op. 41
- Amizade , polka (1864)
- Impromptu-Nocturne (1903)
- Nocturne Saudade (1864)
- Segunda Grande Galope de concerto (first performance 1870)
- A Serrana , fantasia característica
- A Súplica do Escravo , meditação (first performance 1870)
swell
- História, Sociedade e Educação no Brasil - short biography
- Academia Brasileira de Música - biography and works
- Portal de Periódicos da Universidade Federal de Goiás - biography, works with sheet music examples and work analyzes
Individual evidence
- ^ José Maria Neves: Brasílio Itiberê. Vida e obra , p. 31. ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.5 MB)
- ^ José Maria Neves: Brasílio Itiberê. Vida e obra , p. 31. ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.5 MB)
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Itiberê da Cunha, Brasílio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Itiberê, Brasílio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian composer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paranaguá |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1913 |
| Place of death | Berlin |