Almeida Prado

Almeida Prado

Works for Cello

Noturno e frevo (1962), for cello and piano.

Balada (1985), for cello and piano. Edited by Darmstadt/Alemanha: Tonos 10397; Rio de Janeiro: Coleçao de obras digitalizadas BPMB/ABM, 2015.

Le livre magique de Xangô (1985), for cello and violin. Edited by Darmstadt/Alemanha: Tonos 10391; Rio de Janeiro: coleçao de obras digitalizadas BPMB/ABM, 2015.

Das Cirandas (1999), for cello and violin. Edited by Rio de Janeiro: Coleçao de obras digitalizadas BPMB/ABM, 2015.

Sonata (2003), for cello and piano. Edited by Edson Lopes. Tonos; Rio de Janeiro: coleçao de obras digitalizadas BPMB/ABM, 2015.

Preambulum (2004), for cello solo Edited by http://musicabrasilis.org.br/partituras/almeida-prado-preambulum; Rio de Janeiro: coleçao de obras digitalizadas BPMB/ABM, 2016.

Works for Viola

Sonata No.1 (1983), Viola and piano. Edited by Darmstadt/Alemanha: Tonos 10377; Rio de Janeiro: Coleçao de obras digitalizadas BPMB/ABM, 2015.

Requiem para a paz: sobre fragmentos do Requiem de Mozart (1985), Viola and piano.

Sources:

Grove Music Online: (https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000022233?rskey=VLudHk&result=1

Musica Brasilis: https://musicabrasilis.com/composers/almeida-prado

Prado, A (2018). Catálogo de obras. [Organizado por Valéria Peixoto]. (2nd Edition). Rio de Janeiro: ABM. https://abmusica.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/catalogo_o.lacerda_v2_web.pdf

Almeida Prado

Brazilian composer, born February 8, 1943, died November 21, 2010.

Brazilian composer Almeida Prado (or José Antonio Rezende de Almeida Prado) was born in Santos, São Paulo state, where he studied composition with Osvaldo Lacerda and Carmargo Guarnieri and piano with Dinorah de Carvalho. Besides studying with Ligeti and Foss during the composition course of Darmstadt in 1969, Almeida Prado studied with Clemente Terni in Santiago de Compostela and with Boulanger and Messiaen in Paris during the late 1960s and early 1970s. 

Almeida Prado won the Lili Boulanger Prize in 1970 and the Brazil Independence Prize in 1972. He directed the Municipal Conservatory at Cubatão and taught at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) for 25 years, being praised for his originality and aesthetic flexibility.