Newton Pádua
Newton de Menezes Pádua (born November 3, 1894 in Rio de Janeiro , † 1966 ) was a Brazilian composer.
Life
Padua studied cello, conducting and composition at the Instituto Nacional de Música in Rio de Janeiro with Frederico Nascimento , Breno Niederberger , Eurico Costa and Francesco Comaglia . From 1912 to 1914 he was a student of Luigi Fiorino and Giacomo Setaccioli at the Academia de Música Santa Cecília in Rome . After returning to Brazil, he attended Alfredo Gomes' cello class and studied counterpoint with Paulo Silva , composition and orchestration with Francisco Braga , music history with Octávio Bevilacqua , conducting with Walter Burle Marx , church music with Padre Pedro Sinzig and harmony with Agnello França . In 1931 he was one of the founders of the "Orquestra do Theatro Municipal " in Rio de Janeiro. Since 1934 he has been teaching harmony at the Escola Nacional de Música and composition and instrumentation at the Conservatory.
He composed an opera , a symphony , three orchestral suites , a string suite, variations and fugue for piano and orchestra, song and dance for cello and orchestra, chamber music works, organ works, two masses , motets and orchestral songs .
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . tape 4 . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 228 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pádua, Newton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pádua, Newton de Menezes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |