Arthur Napoleão dos Santos
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Arthur Napoleão dos Santos (March 6, 1843 Porto
, Portugal
- May 12, 1925 Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
) was a Brazilian composer, pianist, instrument dealer and music publisher.
or Henryk Wieniawski
. It age 15, he performed in New York and critic Richard Storrs Willis attended "out of curiosity to see the sort of child that tickles Europe". Willis was impressed and noted him as "an extraordinary performer... His touch is exquisitely full of tenderness; his precision almost unerring; his power more than respectable, and his rounding of musical thought perfectly delightful."
In 1866 he settled in Brazil, living in Rio de Janeiro. Here he set up shop to sell instruments and publish sheet music. He taught piano lessons, one of his pupils was Chiquinha Gonzaga
and composed, almost exclusively piano pieces. He is the Patron of Chair 18 of the Brazilian Academy of Music.
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
- May 12, 1925 Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) was a Brazilian composer, pianist, instrument dealer and music publisher.
Biography
He was born in Portugal and gave his first piano concert at the age of 7. Thereafter he toured all over Europe and America, sometimes playing duets with Henri VieuxtempsHenri Vieuxtemps
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....
or Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
. It age 15, he performed in New York and critic Richard Storrs Willis attended "out of curiosity to see the sort of child that tickles Europe". Willis was impressed and noted him as "an extraordinary performer... His touch is exquisitely full of tenderness; his precision almost unerring; his power more than respectable, and his rounding of musical thought perfectly delightful."
In 1866 he settled in Brazil, living in Rio de Janeiro. Here he set up shop to sell instruments and publish sheet music. He taught piano lessons, one of his pupils was Chiquinha Gonzaga
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor....
and composed, almost exclusively piano pieces. He is the Patron of Chair 18 of the Brazilian Academy of Music.
Orchestra music
- Camões (for orchestra and band)
- L’Africaine (for piano e orchestra)
- Acre state anthem
- Espírito Santo state anthem
Piano pieces
- A Brasileira
- A Caprichosa
- Elvira
- A Fluminense
- Uma primeira impressão do Brasil
- Soirée de Rio
- Soirées intimes
- Teus olhos
External links
- Academia Brasileira de Música at www.abmusica.org.br Short biography in Portuguese