João Gomez de Araújo (composer, 1846)

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João Gomez de Araújo (born August 5, 1846 in Pindamonhangaba , † September 8, 1943 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian composer .

Araújo studied in Rio de Janeiro and Milan and founded the Conservatorio Musical de São Paulo , where he taught until his death. He composed four operas ( Edmea , Carmosissa , Marie Petrovna and Helena ), six symphonies , two symphonic poems , six masses , two cantatas , chamber music works and around sixty songs .

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  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music , Volume 2 ISBN 3549078323 , p. 480
personal data
SURNAME Gomez de Araújo, João
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Araújo, João Gomez de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Pindamonhangaba
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1943
Place of death São Paulo