Ernani aguiar biography

  • Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar (born 30 August 1950, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a.
  • Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar is a Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist.
  • Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar (born 30 August 1950) is a Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist.

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    Salmo 150

    Psalm setting by Ernani Aguiar

    Salmo 150
    TextPsalm 150
    Language
    Composed1975 (1975)
    Published1993 (1993)
    Scoring

    Salmo 150 (Psalm 150) is a psalm setting by Ernani Aguiar. He wrote the composition, setting Psalm 150 in Latin for unaccompanied choir, in 1975. The short work was published by Earthsongs in the U.S. in 1993, and achieved international popularity.

    History

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    Psalm 150, the final psalm of the Book of Psalms, calls to praise God in music, listing nine types of instruments.[1] It is also called "the musicians' psalm".[2] It has inspired composers such as Anton Bruckner, Cesar Franck and Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.[3]

    The Brazilian composer Ernani Aguiar, who has been active also as conductor, professor, and musicologist, composed Salmo 150 in 1975 for choir a cappella, as a setting in Latin of Psalm 150,[4] beginning "Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius".[

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    Works for Cello

    Meloritmia No. 2 (1975), for cello solo.

    Seis duetos (1984), for 2 cellos.

    Tres cantos natalinos (1985), for cello and baritone.

    Duo (1986), for cello and violin.

    Ponteando (1989), for cello solo.

    Violonceladas (1993), for cello ensemble.

    Salmo 150 (2017), for cello ensemble.

    Quatro Momentos Nº 3 (1979), for 4 cellos.

    Música a Três (1982), for 3 cellos.

    Tres cantos natalinos (1985), for cello and voice bariton.

    Duos de Prados (1986), for cello and violin.

    Música para 4 Violoncelos (1997), for 4 cellos.

    Meloritmias Nº 9 (2008), for cello solo.

    Concertino, for cello, violin and string orchestra.

    Meloritmias Nº 10 (2015), for cello solo.

    Threnus Fratri meo Aloysio (2015), for cello solo.

    Meloritmias nº 14 (2017), for cello solo.

    Works for Viola

    Música a très (1982), for 3 violas.

    Meloritmias No. 5 (1987), for viola solo.

    Seis duetos (1984), for 2 violas.

    Duos de Prados (1986), for viola and violin.

  • ernani aguiar biography

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

    A scholarship winner to the Argentine Mozarteum, Aguiar studied under various composers and conductors in South America and later in Europe, including Sergiu Celibidache. 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 (1993), which features rhythmic backgrounds with very rapid articulations. Salmo 150 has proved a very popular piece among choral conductors worldwide, 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 Brazilian Music Academy.