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Lopes-Graça

Fernando Lopes-Graça
Dates
1906–1994
Era
20th Century (1900–1945)
Recognition
essential
Wikipedia

Where to start with Lopes-Graça

Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles
  1. Orchestral
    Poema de dezembro
  2. Keyboard
    9 dancas breves, for piano
  3. Chamber
    Violin Sonatina no. 1, op. 10, LG 96
  4. Orchestral
    Sinfonia
  5. Orchestral
    Suite Rustica no. 1
  6. Keyboard
    Ao fio dos anos e das horas, for piano
  7. Orchestral
    Marcha festiva
  8. Orchestral
    Piano Concerto no. 1
  9. Orchestral
    Piano Concerto no. 2
  10. Keyboard
    Piano Sonata no. 2, op. 26
  11. Keyboard
    Variacoes sobre um tema popular portugues, op. 1

Listening guide

Hand-curated paths into Lopes-Graça's catalogue
  1. Cançoes regionais portuguesas (arrangements)
  2. Viagens na minha terra (piano)
  3. Suite rústica No. 1
  4. Quatro canções (songs)
  5. Sonata No. 2 for piano

Most Acclaimed

  1. Symphony No. 2
  2. Suite Rústica No. 2
  3. String Quartet No. 2
  4. Requiem pela memória das vítimas do fascismo
  5. Concerto da câmara

Most Weird

  1. Requiem pela memória das vítimas do fascismo
    Requiem in memory of victims of fascism — he lived under Salazar’s dictatorship his whole career
  2. Três peças para piano
  3. Para uma Criança que Vai Nascer
    for a child about to be born — unusual sentiment
  4. Canções populares portuguesas (complete)
  5. Nocturno for piano

Similar composers

Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinity

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