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Artist
Henrique Oswald
12+ albums
composerbrazilcontemporary classicalpiano20th Century Classical
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HENRIQUE OSWALD (1852 - 1931) One of the greater names in Brazilian music of the nineteenth century, Henrique Oswald was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1852, the son of a Swiss father and Italian monther, both musicians. A year after his birth the family moved to São Paulo, where his father became involved in the music business, while his mother’s a reputation grew as a piano teacher. It was, in fact, with his monther that Oswald had his first piano lessons, before going on to study with Gabriel Giraudon. In 1868 Oswald moved to Europe, where he studied the piano with Buonamici and Henri Ketten and composition with Grazzini and Maglioni. He settled in Florence and became a European musician, assimilating fully the culture of the continent from the age of sixteen. Oswald’s long stay in Italy came about through the generosity of the Emperor Pedro II, who had been present at a recital by the young pianist in 1871, during a visit to Florence, and granted him a substantial allowance that continued for almost twenty years. Oswald married an Italian singer, Laudamia Gasperini, known to both Liszt and Brahms, and became a teacher at the Music Institute in Florence. He absorbed musical influences from refined style, especially effective in his piano compositions. Proof of his ability in this field came with his spectacular victory in the Composition Competition promoted in 1902 by Le Figaro in Paris; his work Il neige, for piano, won over no less than six hundred competitors, gaining t
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Oswald: Works for Piano
Oswald: Piano Music
O Romantismo de Henrique Oswald
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Brasiliana: Three Centuries Of Brazilian Music
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Brasileiro - Villa-Lobos & Friends
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Música de Camara: Henrique Oswald
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Brazilian Classical Composers 101
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Il Neige!...
Hartke, S.: Horse With the Lavender Eye (The) / Post-Modern Homages / Piano Sonata / the King of the Sun
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Maria Ines Guimaraes, Henrique Oswald: Piano Music
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Oswald: Elegia
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Oswald: Symphony, Op. 43, Sinfonietta, Op. 27 & Elegia