Título: Chiquinha Gonzaga - Volume 1
Autor: Chiquinha Gonzaga
Sinopse: Product Description The series "Classics of the Brazilian Choro You are the Soloist!" enables you to discover the Choro style through the incomparable experience of performing the compositions yourself, accompanied by a Choro Ensemble. This volume features the work of CHIQUINHA GONZAGA. Tunes include 'Atraente', 'Cubanita', 'Não Insistas, Rapariga', 'Passos no Choro' and more. Each volume of the series features a famous composer of this amazing music style, including his/her main compositions in a digitally-mastered audio CD and a high-quality printed music book with the corresponding C, Bb and Eb scores, as well as interviews, biography, and relevance of the author to the history of Choro. Using the CD, listen to the complete stereo tracks (with soloists) for your reference. Tune your instrument (flute, sax, clarinet or mandolin) using the tuning notes. Now have fun being the soloist, using the accompaniment tracks featuring a leading Choro Ensemble from Brazil. Now you can play along with your own "Choro Ensemble," which will always be there for you, whether at home, on the road or at the beach. Have fun and good training! About the Author 1847 - Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga (Chiquinha Gonzaga) was born in the City of Rio de Janeiro, then a city of the Brazilian Royal Court, first daughter of Rosa Maria de Lima and the officer José Basileu Neves Gonzaga. 1858 - At eleven years of age composes and plays on the piano her first song - Canção dos Pastores (Song of the Shepherds) - during a Christmas party held at home; her uncle Antônio Eliseu plays the flute to accompany her. 1863 - At 16 marries Jacinto Ribeiro do Amaral, a Merchant Marine officer chosen by her father. From this union João Gualberto, Maria do Patrocínio and Hilário were born. Compelled by Jacinto to stay away from the piano she follows him on his ship - along with part of the Army Corps - to the war that was then being waged against Paraguay. During the trip she rebels and leaves her husband. 1869 - The flutist Joaquim Antônio da Silva Callado dedicates the polka Querida por todos (Cherished by Everybody) to her, as a personal tribute. This is the first composition to be printed in the name of the famous flutist. 1876 - Alice is born -- a daughter from her union with João Batista de Carvalho -- an engineer she meets in Rio de Janeiro s bohemian circles and starts living with, this time truly in love. However, after a scene of jealousy, Chiquinha decides to leave him. 1876 - Composes and has the polka Atraente (Attractive) printed, which launches her as a pioneer composer and instrumentalist of ballroom popular music, but stirs up a scandal in the Royal Court of Dom Pedro II. As a pianist, she is a member of the Callado Group, called Choro Carioca (The Rio de Janeiro Choro). 1885 - Debuts as a conductor on January 17. After some years struggling for a chance to write for the musical theater, she manages to write the music for the operetta of manners A Corte na Roça (The Royal Court in the Countryside), which is staged at the Teatro Príncipe Imperial (Imperial Prince Theater). During this entire period she actively campaigns for the abolishment of slavery, which only takes place in 1888. 1899 - Composes the march Ó Abre Alas (Please Make Way), the first song especially written for the Brazilian Carnival, and her most popular work. In that same year, meets the young Portuguese-born João Batista Fernandes Lage, thirty six years younger than her, who becomes her partner for the rest of her life. 1902 - First trip to Europe. A second will take place two years later and a third in 1906, when she settles in Lisbon, where she acts professionally and remains until 1909. 1912 - First performance of her burlesque comedy of Rio de Janeiro manners called Forrobodó, her greatest theater hit. She intensifies her activities as a conductor and writes music for popular theater plays staged at movie-theaters located at Praça Tiradentes. 1914 - Her tango Corta-Jaca (a step o
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Chiquinha Gonzaga – Volume 1”, de Chiquinha Gonzaga, publicado pela editora Choro Music, em 2007 e com 74 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Choro Music
Páginas: 74
Ano: 2007
Edição: Bilingual
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780979339653
ISBN13: 9780979339653
