Ernani Aguiar

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Ernani Aguiar
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Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar (born 30 August 1950) is a Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist.

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Life and career

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]

Choral works

Instrumental works

Operatic works

Orchestral works

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References

  1. Mariz, Vasco (2000). História da música no Brasil. Editora Nova Fronteira. p. 468. ISBN   978-85-209-1050-4.
  2. 1 2 "Ernani Aguiar". Academia Brasileira de Música. Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  3. Strimple, Nick (2005). Choral Music in the Twentieth Century. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 215. ISBN   978-1-57467-122-3.