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César Guerra Peixe
Born: 18th March 1914, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: 26th November 1993, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
César Guerra-Peixe was a Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor.
Guerra-Peixe was born in Petrópolis, son of Portuguese immigrants with Romani origins. Throughout his lifetime, Guerra-Peixe held numerous positions playing in orchestras and working as a composer and arranger in the production of radio broadcasts, recording, films, and cultural documentaries. His music can be heard in many Brazilian films, such as Terra é Sempre Terra, O Canto do Mar, Quero Essa Mulher Tanto Assim, Riacho de Sangue, Meu Nome é Lampião, and Soledade.
Although he strongly embraced serialist techniques through his compositional studies with Koellreutter, Guerra-Peixe took a strong interest in northeastern Brazilian traditional music and culture and integrated elements of Brazilian nationalism to varying degrees in his compositions.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Guerra-Peixe
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- A Retirada da Laguna (1)
- Concertino for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1)
- Duo for Violin & Viola (1)
- Museu da Inconfidência (3)
- Música (1)
- Nonet (1)
- Prelúdio No. 5 (1)
- Prelúdio Tropical No. 2 (Marcha Abaianada) (1)
- Roda de amigos (1)
- Symphonic Suite No. 1 'Paulista' (1)
- Symphonic Suite No. 2 'Pernambucana' (1)
- Symphony No. 1 (1)
- Symphony No. 2 "Brasília" (1)
- Três Peças (2)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 (1951) (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 (1978) (1)