Brazilian Classical Composers

Ronaldo Miranda

Almeida Prado

Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha

Brazilian composer and diplomat. One of the pioneers in the use of folkloric themes in classical musical composition in Brazil. He became friends with some of the greatest pianists of his time, such as Anton Rubinstein. He is the patron of chair no. 19 of the Brazilian Academy of Music. Among his works, A Sertaneja (1869) stands out as the first Brazilian nationalist piece.

Alexandre Levy (born in São Paulo on November 10, 1864, died on January 17, 1892) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor.

Born in São Paulo, he was a pioneer in integrating Brazilian popular music, particularly its rhythms, into classical composition. He died at the age of twenty-seven. His hometown awards a prestigious prize in his name.

Darius Milhaud, in Le Bœuf sur le toit, borrowed a theme from Levy's Tango Brasileiro2.

List of works for piano]

1880

  • Fantasia for pianos from opera themes O Guarany3

1881

1882

  • Fosca, fantasia brilhante, op. 3
  • 3 Improvisations, Op. 4
  • Wordless Romance
  • In the Hungarian style
  • Fleeting thought
  • Valsa-Capricho, op. 5
  • Mazurca n. 1, op. 6 no 1
  • Mazurca n. 2, op. 6 no 2
  • Recuerdos - Polca de Salão

1883

  • Talk
  • Cavalcante
  • Blind Man's Buff
  • Study
  • Please
  • Short walk

1885

  • Complainant
  • Scherzo-waltz, op. 9

1887

  • Improvisation No. 2
  • Three Pieces, Op. 13
  • Wounded Heart
  • Past love
  • Doubt
  • Allegro Appassionato, op. 14
  • Variations on a popular Brazilian theme (Vem Cá, Bitu)

1890

  • Tango Brasileiro
  • Samba (Brazilian Suite, IV.)

1891

  • Schumanniana, op. 16
  • Allegretto, ma un poco agitato
  • Allegro moderato
  • Lento
  • Allegretto giocoso
  • Moderato assai
  • Allegro
  • Moderato
  • Allegro molto - Presto

Works whose date of composition is unknown

  • At sea (musical poem) a quatro mãos
  • Departure. Calm Sea
  • The sky darkens. Storm
  • Moonlight. Fleeting Idyll
  • Comala (musical poem)


Mozart Camargo Guarnieri - Ponteio played by Abel Carlevaro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHCfFgM8UBU

Luciano Morais plays Waltz-Choro No. 1 by M. Camargo Guarnieri - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NibgL8P8Z0


Brunno Álvares - Study No. 3, Camargo Guarnieri - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyXRzDPdTnM


Brunno Álvares - Study No. 2, Camargo Guarnieri- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BOFE4aKYk





Choro n° 1  ( piano)  Villa Lobos -  https://youtu.be/ByuJOjWVbUI

Choro n° 1 - Villa-Lobos  - Julian Bream  -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okeDOYlFXb0

Etude n° 1 - Villa-Lobos - Andrés Segovia  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSluP6TiWBw&t=6s

Villa Lobos - Distribucao de Flores -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1FwL8DAULw

Distribuição de Flores • Villa-Lobos • Anette Maiburg  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-wve1vaNlA