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Ernani Aguiar | |
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| Born | 30 August 1950  Ouro Preto |
| Died | Brazil |
| Occupation | Composer |
Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar (born 30 August 1950) is a Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist.
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Ernani Aguiar | |
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| Born | 30 August 1950 Ouro Preto |
| Died | Brazil |
| Occupation | Composer |
Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar (born 30 August 1950) is a Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist.
A scholarship winner to the Argentine Mozarteum, [1] Aguiar studied under various composers and conductors in South America and later in Europe, including Sergiu Celibidache. [2] As a musicologist, he has specialized in the revising, editing, and revival of works by composers of the 18th century Minas Gerais School. He has written a number of instrumental pieces, but his most famous works are his choral pieces, such as the fiery Salmo 150 , composed in 1975 and published in 1993, which features rhythmic backgrounds with very rapid articulations. Salmo 150 has proved a very popular piece among choral conductors worldwide, [3] particularly within the American Choral Directors Association.
He is currently a professor of music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a fellow of the Villa-Lobos Institute, and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Música. [2]
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