Mozart Camargo Guarnieri

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (born February 1, 1907 in Tietê , † January 13, 1993 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian composer.

Life

The son of an Italian immigrant had his first piano lessons at the age of ten with Virgínio Dias . In 1923 he came to São Paulo, where he attended the Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo , continued his piano training with Sá Pereira and Ernani Braga and studied composition and conducting with Lamberto Baldi .

In 1928 Guarnieri met Mário de Andrade , who had a decisive influence on his further work by introducing him to Brazilian folklore. In 1938 he won a study trip to Paris as an award for his work Flor de Tremembé . There he studied counterpoint, composition and musical aesthetics with Charles Koechlin , orchestral direction with Franz Rühlmann and was a student of Nadia Boulanger .

In the 1940s Guarnieri stayed several times in the USA, where he performed his works. In 1950 he published the Carta Aberta aos Músicos e Críticos do Brasil ( Open Letter to the Musicians and Critics of Brazil ), in which he critically examined the twelve-tone technique represented by Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and the group Musica viva and a profound discussion in the Brazilian Cultural scene.

Since 1945 Guarnieri was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Música . In 1960 he became director of the Conservatório Dramático e Musical in São Paulo . He also taught at the University of São Paulo, where he founded the university orchestra in 1975. His students included u. a. Osvaldo Lacerda and Almeida Prado .

In 1992 he was awarded the Gabriela Mistral Prize by the Organization of American States and received the title "Greatest Contemporary Composer of the Three Americas".

Works

• Sonho de Artista for piano, 1918
• Dança Brasileira for piano, 1928
• Canção Sertaneja for piano, 1928
• Lembrança de Lozango Cáqui
• Toada do Pai do Mato
• Sai Aruê
• A Serra da Rola Moça
• Pedro Malasarte , Opera, 1932
• Choro torturado
• Dança Selvagem
• Etudes 1–20 for piano
• Ponteios 1–50 for piano, 1931–58
• Sonatines 1–8 for piano
• Piano sonata
• Dança Negra for piano, 1946
• Toccata
• Sonata para Violino 1-7
• Sonata para Celo
• Quartetos de Cordas
• Angústia for string quartet
• Toada à Moda Paulista
• Abertura Concertante
• Symphony 1-7
• Concerto para piano e orquestra 1-6
• Curuca for large orchestra, 1930
• Flor do Tremembé for chamber orchestra, 1937
• Encantamento , 1942
• Composição n ° 1 for violin and orchestra, 1942
• Abertura Concertante
• Missa Dilígite
• Seca , cantata for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra
• Um Homem só , Opera, 1960

Web links

• Works by and about Mozart Camargo Guarnieri in the catalog of the German National Library