João Itiberê da Cunha
João Itiberê da Cunha (born August 8, 1870 in Açungui , † February 25, 1953 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian music critic and composer.
Itiberê da Cunha was trained as a child by his father, an amateur musician. At the age of ten he came to Belgium with his brother, the diplomat Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha . There he later studied law at the University of Brussels. As the author of the Parisian Le Figaro and the magazine La Jeune Belgique , he represented the positions of literary symbolism . His collection of poems, Prelude , was also published in Brussels.
In 1892 he returned to Brazil and went to Paraguay as legation secretary the following year. He refused a transfer to Bolivia in 1898 and turned to journalism. First he worked for A Imprensa , later he was music critic of the Correio da Manhã , of which he was one of the founders in 1925. He also emerged as a composer of instrumental and vocal works. He was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Música .
Works
- Chant d'amour
- La chanson nostalgique
- Esquisses
- Danse plaisante et sentimentale
- Heroique
- Ils s'amusent
- Marche humoristique
- melody
- Menuet en ut majeur
- No rancho
- Paraná
- Preludes
- Tendresse
- Ave Maria
- Rêverie e Souvenance
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SURNAME | Itiberê da Cunha, João |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian composer and music critic |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Açungui |
DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1953 |
Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |