Hans-Joachim Koellreutter
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Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (2 September 1915, Freiburg
, Germany
– 13 September 2005, São Paulo
, Brazil
) was a composer, teacher and musicologist. He lived in Brazil from 1937 and there became one of the most influential musicians.
In Brazil Koellreuter taught many generations of prominent composers, such as Villa Lobos, Gilberto Mendes
, Claudio Santoro
, Camargo Guarnieri
and Antono Carlos Jobim. He brought the theory of a-tonal music to Brazil, witch created the group "Musica Nova" and inflated the debate between "Nationalists" and "Serialists". While one group believe in the use of folklore material for the development of their compositions, the other believed that the more rational approach of the European school was the path to truly contemporary works. This debate played a central role in the esthetic developments of Brazilian classical music thoughout the 20th Century.
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
– 13 September 2005, São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) was a composer, teacher and musicologist. He lived in Brazil from 1937 and there became one of the most influential musicians.
In Brazil Koellreuter taught many generations of prominent composers, such as Villa Lobos, Gilberto Mendes
Gilberto Mendes
-Biography:Mendes was born in Santos. He attended the Santos Conservatory from 1941 to 1949, and studied composition under Cláudio Santoro in 1954 and under George Olivier Toni from 1958-1960...
, Claudio Santoro
Cláudio Santoro
Cláudio Franco de Sá Santoro was an internationally renowned Brazilian composer and violinist.-Early life:...
, Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri was a Brazilian composer.-Name:He was registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name was too pretentious and subject to puns. Thus he adopted his mother's maiden name Camargo as a middle name, and thenceforth signed...
and Antono Carlos Jobim. He brought the theory of a-tonal music to Brazil, witch created the group "Musica Nova" and inflated the debate between "Nationalists" and "Serialists". While one group believe in the use of folklore material for the development of their compositions, the other believed that the more rational approach of the European school was the path to truly contemporary works. This debate played a central role in the esthetic developments of Brazilian classical music thoughout the 20th Century.