Canon
Where to start with Mignone
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
StageMaracatu de Chico Rei, ballet for chorus and orchestra
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OrchestralFesta das igrejas, symphonic Impressions of 4 Brazilian churches
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KeyboardValsa de esquina no. 1 for piano
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Chamber3 Valsas Brasileiras, for viola and piano
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VocalModinha, for voice and piano
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OrchestralSinfonia Tropical
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ChamberBarcarola, for string quartet
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ChamberCanciones Españolas, for string quartet
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KeyboardCongada, dança brasileira for piano
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OrchestralCongada, for orchestra
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ChamberEssays for string quartet
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KeyboardLenda Sertaneja no. 2, for piano
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KeyboardLundú, for 2 pianos
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StageO Contratador de Diamantes, opera
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KeyboardPreludes
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Mignone's catalogueMost Popular
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Valsas de Esquina (corner waltzes for piano)
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Fantasia Brasileira No. 1
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Choros for piano
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Leilão (orchestral)
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Brazilian Dances
Most Acclaimed
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Fantasia Brasileira No. 4
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Symphony No. 1
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Ballet music
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Congadas (piano)Afro-Brazilian ritual music
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Leilão
Most Weird
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CongadasAfro-Brazilian congada ritual music for piano — folk ceremony transcribed
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Batucada (piano)drumming ceremony
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Modinha e Canção Brasileira
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O Contratador de Diamantes (opera)his first opera — colonial Brazil
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Maracatu do Chico Reiorchestral — Afro-Brazilian
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 29
- Stage
- ● Maracatu de Chico Rei, ballet for chorus and orchestra
- O Contratador de Diamantes, opera
- Valsa De Esquina no. 2 for 2 pianos
- Orchestral
- Festa das igrejas, symphonic Impressions of 4 Brazilian churches
- Sinfonia Tropical
- Congada, for orchestra
- Keyboard
- Valsa de esquina no. 1 for piano
- Congada, dança brasileira for piano
- Lenda Sertaneja no. 2, for piano
- Lundú, for 2 pianos
- Preludes
- Quatro Pecas Brasileiras
- Second piano part for Ernesto Nazareth's Travesso
- Sonatina for piano no. 4
- Valsa Brasileira no. 3, for piano
- Valsa Choro no. 11 for 2 pianos
- Valsa Chôro no. 10, for piano
- Valsa Chôro no. 11, for piano
- Valse Elegante
- Valsinha, for piano
- Chamber
- 3 Valsas Brasileiras, for viola and piano
- Barcarola, for string quartet
- Canciones Españolas, for string quartet
- Essays for string quartet
- Seresta for double string quartet no. 2
- String Quartet no. 1
- String Quartet no. 2
- Vocal
- Modinha, for voice and piano
- Songs for voice and bassoon