Francisco Mignone

Francisco Mignone ( pseudonym Chico Bororo ; * 3. September 1897 in São Paulo , † 18 / 19th February 1986 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian composer.

Life

Francisco Mignone was the son of an Italian flautist and studied flute, piano and composition at the São Paulo Conservatory. At the age of thirteen he played the flute in various orchestras. A scholarship enabled him to study at the Conservatory of Milan from 1920 .

Under the pseudonym Chico Bororó he composed popular pieces, some of which were recorded on record under the direction of his father. In 1924 his first opera O Contratador de Diamantes was premiered in Rio de Janeiro. In 1929 he returned to Brazil. In 1933 he succeeded Walter Burle Marx at the Instituto Nacional de Música in Rio de Janeiro.

Works (selection)

Mignone composed symphonic works, six masses and an oratorio, operas and ballets, chamber music and numerous waltzes for piano. The Congada from the opera O Contratador de Diamantes became famous .

Sinfonia do Trabalho
Maracatu do Chico-Rei
Festa das Igrejas
Leilão
Alegrias de Nossa Senhora , oratorio after Cecília Meireles
O Contratador de Diamantes , opera (libretto by G. Bottoni after Afonso Arinos ), 1921
L'innocente opera (libretto by Arturo Rossato based on Concha Espina ), 1927
Maracatu do Chico Rei , ballet, 1933
Leilão , ballet, 1941
Sugestões sinfônicas , symphonic poetry / ballet, 1969
O Chalaça , opera (libretto by Humberto Mello Nóbrega ), 1973
O Sargento de Milícias , opera (libretto by Humberto Mello Nóbrega based on Manuel Antônio de Almeida ), 1978
Quincas Berro d'Agua Ballet (after Jorge Amado ), 1979
Valsa de Esquina

Web links

Works by and about Francisco Mignone in the WorldCat bibliographic database

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personal data
SURNAME	Mignone, Francisco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH	February 18, 1986 or February 19, 1986
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro