Luís de Freitas Branco
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Portuguese composer, musicologist, and professor of music (1890-1955)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1955
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Elementos de sciências musicais
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Portugal
- Active from
- 1890-10-12
- Active to
- 1955-11-27
classical
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 124
- Total plays
- 2,954
Tags
20th Century ClassicalcomposerPortugalClassical
Portuguese composer born in 1890 into a renowned musical family, Luís de Freitas Branco quickly rose to fame with recognition from the respected Vianna da Motta. In 1910 he way studing music in Berlin. One year later he travelled to Paris where he met Claude Debussy and had his first experience with the impressionist movement. His compositions were initially by necessity classical, but later he wrote musical scores that educated and liberated his audience to enjoy romantic concerts. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Luiz de Freitas Branco - Serões (Mai1911).png
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1890-10-12
- date of death
- 1955-11-27
- student
- Joly Braga Santos
- Commons category
- Luís de Freitas Branco
- name in native language
- Luiz Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco Pedro
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