Vasco Mariz

Vasco Mariz (born January 22, 1921 in Rio de Janeiro ; † June 16, 2017 there ) was a Brazilian historian , musicologist , writer and diplomat .

Life

Vasco Mariz studied music at the Conservatório Brasileiro de Música and law at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro until 1943 . In 1945 he joined the Itamaraty foreign service . In 1947 he studied the history of diplomacy . From 1948 to 1949 he was Vice Consul in Porto . From 1949 to 1951 he was employed in Yugoslavia. In 1950 he was a reporting member of the Instituto Coimbra in Portugal . From 1951 to 1954 he worked in Rosario and from 1956 to 1958 in Rome . From 1958 to 1960 he was employed in Washington, DC . From 1960 to 1962 he was employed at the UN headquarters .

In 1967 he was appointed envoy. From 1967 to 1969 he was the Brazilian government representative at the Organization of American States and chaired the Inter-American Music Council. From 1969 to 1970 he was head of the Itamaraty's culture department . From January 8, 1971 to 1974 he was ambassador to Quito . In 1971 he was appointed ambassador. From 1974 to 1977 he represented the Itamaraty at the Brazilian National Congress . From December 13, 1977 to 1982 he was ambassador to Nicosia and accredited to the government in Tel Aviv . In 1981 he became a member of the Academia Brasileira de Música , which he chaired from 1991 to 1993. From 1982 to 2002 he was a member of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro . From 1982 to 1984 he was ambassador to Lima . From 1984 to 1987 he was ambassador to Berlin .

From 1987 to 1996 he chaired the Brazilian section of the PEN . In 1987 he became a member of the Academia Brasileira de Arte . From 1987 to 1989 he was a member of the Conselho Federal de Cultura , where he was commissioner for music and plastic arts affairs . In 1991 he became a member of the Conselho Técnico da Confederação Nacional do Comércio. From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the Conselho Editorial da Biblioteca do Exécito (army publisher). In 2002 he became a member of the Conselho Empresarial de Cultura da Associação Comercial do Rio de Janeiro . In 2002 he became a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morre o musicólogo e diplomata Vasco Mariz , O Globo ( Portuguese ), accessed on September 10, 2017
2. ^ Vasco Mariz, A música no Rio de Janeiro no tempo de D. João VI , p. 107

predecessor	Office	successor
Rubens Ricúpero	Brazilian ambassador in Quito January 8, 1971 to 1974	Adolpho Corrêa de Sá e Benevides
Miguel Paulo José Maria da Silva Paranhos do Rio-Branco	Brazilian Ambassador to Tel Aviv December 13, 1977 to 1982	Lauro Soutello Alves
Manoel Antônio de Pimentel Brandâo	Brazilian ambassador in Lima from 1982 to 1984	Carlos Alfredo Lazary Teixeira
Mário Calábria	Brazilian ambassador in Berlin (East) 1984 to 1987