Francisco Braga
Antônio Francisco Braga (born April 15, 1868 in Rio de Janeiro , † March 14, 1945 there ) was a Brazilian composer .
Life
Braga studied piano with Luiz António de Moura and harmony with Carlos de Mesquita . In 1886 he founded the Sociedade de Concertos Populares . When the Republic of Brazil was proclaimed in 1889, his composition Hino à bandeira was declared the national anthem. From 1890 he studied at the Conservatoire in Paris with Jules Massenet . He then stayed in Germany and Italy and returned to Brazil in 1900. There he taught at the Instituto Nacional de Música and was director of the orchestra of the Sociedade de Concertos Sinfonicos from 1908 to 1933 .
Braga composed three operas , orchestral pieces, chamber music works, piano pieces and songs .
Works
- Marabá
- Brazilian variations
- Hymn to the Fatherland
- The wide country
- Nocturnal fear
- Jupira , Opera, 1900
- O Contractador de Diamantes . Opera, 1901
- Anita Garibaldi , Opera, 1901
- Visitição , Opera, 1903
literature
- Stanley Sadie (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Macmillan, London 1980. Lemma Braga, (Antonio) Francisco
- Gerhard Béhaguel: Braga, (Antonio) Francisco . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 3 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 2000, Sp. 622-623 .
- Sergio Nepomuceno Alvim Corrêa: Francisco Braga: Catalogo de Obras. Academia Brasileira de Música, Rio de Janeiro 2005, ISBN 85-88272-07-5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braga, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braga, Antonio Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1945 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |