Cacilda Borges Barbosa
Cacilda Campos Borges Barbosa (18 May 1914 – 6 August 2010)[1] was a Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer. She was one of the pioneers of electronic music in Brazil.[2][3]
Life
Barbosa was born in
chorinhos to dance groups and compose pieces for them. In the 1950s she published the first volume of the series "Estudos Brasileiros para Canto" and became conductor of the Radio Mayrink Veiga orchestra.[5]
Barbosa worked with
University of Brazil
and professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Popular School of Music Education. She also directed a number of orchestras and choir ensembles.
Works
Barbosa composed a number of works, many with a strong Brazilian theme. She also composed a number of pieces of
orchestral music and chamber music together with pieces for teaching piano students.[7]
Selected works include:
- Procissão da Chuva - Poem: Wilson Rodrigues
- Estudos Brasileiros
- Trio for Reeds
- Rio de Janeiro Suite for strings (1st mov)
- Rio de Janeiro Suite for strings (2nd mov)
- Little Entrance Music
References
- ^ "Madrigal do IFBA participa dos 170 anos de Vitória da Conquista". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ISBN 0-393-03487-9.
- ^ a b "Viva a maestrina". Jornal do Brasil. Retrieved 4 February 2010. [dead link] (in Portuguese)
- ^ Ficher, Miguel; Schleifer, Martha Furman; Furman, John M. (1998). Latin American classical composers: a biographical dictionary.
- ^ "Portal Musica Brasilis - Cacilda Borges Barbosa timeline".
- ^ Enciclopédia da música brasileira: popular, erudita e folclórica. 1998.
- ^ Araújo, Samuel; Paz, Gaspar; Cambria, Vincenzo (2008). Música em debate: perspectivas interdisciplinares.
External links
- denisbarbosa.addr.com/cacilda.htm
- Guia da Música Contemporânea Brasileira
- MIDIs of Barbosa's music
- Free scores by Cacilda Borges Barbosa at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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