Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz

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Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz

Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz (born May 17, 1896 in Curitiba , † December 10, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian composer .

Itiberê da Cunha Luz, also known as Brasílio Itiberê II , was the nephew of the composer Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha of the music critic and João Itiberê da Cunha . He trained as an engineer and worked as a journalist, novelist and music critic and was also a good pianist.

In 1934 he came to Rio de Janeiro, where his friend introduced him to Heitor Villa-Lobos , who encouraged his interest in Brazilian folk music. He dealt with the folklore of the Brazilian colored people and from 1938 had a chair for musical folklore and choral societies at the Conservatório Nacional de Canto Orfeônico and at the former university of the federal district of Rio de Janeiro . In 1948 he was the first successor to Paulino Chaves on chair 9 of the Academia Brasileira de Música .

He composed several orchestral pieces, a setting of the 150th Psalms for choir and orchestra, chamber music works, piano pieces, choral works and songs.

Works

  • Invenção nº 1 , 1934
  • Poema for piano, 1936
  • Seis Estudos , 1936
  • Ponteio para São João , 1938
  • Cordão de Prata , 1939
  • Suíte Litúrgica Negra for piano, 1939
  • A Infinita Vigília for choir, 1941
  • O Cravo Tropical for piano, 1944
  • Introdução e allegro , 1945
  • Duplo Quinteto , 1946
  • O Canto Absoluto for choir, 1947
  • A Dor, meu Senhor for choir
  • Contemplação for choir
  • Rito do Irmão Pequeno for choir
  • Oração da Noite for choir
  • Invocação for piano
  • Canto e Dança Suite for piano
  • Toccata for piano
  • Quarteto de Cordas number 1
  • Trio número 1
  • Introdução e Allegro for flute, piano and string quartet sexteto
  • Epigrama for choir
  • Prelúdio Vivaz for orchestra
  • Salmo 150 for choir and orchestra

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brasílio Itiberê. In: org.br. Academia Brasileira de Músic, accessed May 4, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Itiberê da Cunha Luz, Brasílio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Curitiba
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1967
Place of death Rio de Janeiro