Radamés Gnattali
Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and
Biography
Radamés Gnattali was born in
He began to play the
A 1929 performance as soloist in Tchaikovsky's
In parallel, he pursued a career as a self-taught composer of classical music. While beginning to compose music influenced by
When a national radio station, Rádio Nacional, was inaugurated in 1936, Gnattali immediately became involved.[4] He remained an influential figure in the institution for 30 years, conducting and providing sophisticated arrangements of popular music.[2][4] He gradually developed the radio's house band, building it up to become a full orchestra.[2]
He died in Rio de Janeiro on 3 February 1988.
Music
Gnattali's musical career straddled popular and classical genres and their traditions. His arrangements of
By the 1930s he was composing concert music in a
References
- ^ ISBN 978-85-85188-71-9. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Perdigão, Mateus de Oliveira; Martins, Mônica Dias (2006). "2. O itinerário musical de Rademés Gnattali" (PDF). Os arranjos brasileiros de Radamés Gnattali (graduation thesis, adapted) (in Portuguese). UECE – Universidade Estadual do Ceará (State University of Ceará). Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Radamés Gnattali". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Portuguese). Instituto Cultural Cravo Albin. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 September 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ Neder, Alvaro. "Radamés Gnattali". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 4 October 2013.