Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (20 March 1863 - 1 February 1934) was a Brazilian composer and pianist. He was one of the central figures in the piano music of Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the twentieth century, and his work helped shape the passage between nineteenth-century salon dance music and early urban Brazilian popular music.
His compositions are closely associated with maxixe, Brazilian tango and choro, and draw on polka, lundu, habanera and other dance forms, set within idiomatic piano writing shaped by his classical training.
Nazareth published many of his works as tangos, waltzes, polkas and other popular genres, but his music has remained in the repertory of pianists, choro musicians and scholars of Brazilian music. Works such as Brejeiro, Odeon, Apanhei-te, cavaquinho and Ameno Resedá became among his best-known compositions. He was later named patron of chair no. 28 of the Brazilian Academy of Music.
Biography
Nazareth was born in Rio de Janeiro, in the area then known as Morro do Nheco, now Morro do Pinto, in the neighborhood of Santo Cristo. His father, Vasco Lourenço da Silva Nazareth, worked as a customs broker. His mother, Carolina Augusta Pereira da Cunha, was his first piano teacher and introduced him to a repertory that included Beethoven, Chopin, Gottschalk, Arthur Napoleão and salon pieces then circulating in Rio de Janeiro. Chopin became one of Nazareth's strongest musical interests.
His mother died in 1874, when Nazareth was eleven. He then studied with Eduardo Rodolfo de Andrade Madeira, a family friend, and later with Charles Lucien Lambert, a New Orleans-born pianist and teacher who lived in Rio de Janeiro and had been a friend of Louis Moreau Gottschalk. A childhood fall from a tree caused a head injury and bleeding from one ear; the hearing problems that followed worsened in later life.
His early published pieces included Cruz, perigo!! in 1879 and Não caio noutra!!! in 1880, the latter his first broad success. In the 1880s he appeared in concerts at clubs in the imperial capital. In 1893, Casa Vieira Machado published Brejeiro, which became one of his best-known works and circulated outside Brazil, with editions later issued in Paris and in the United States.
On 14 July 1886, Nazareth married Teodora Amália Leal de Meireles, with whom he had four children: Eulina, Diniz, Maria de Lourdes and Ernestinho. He gave his first concert as a pianist in 1898. In 1899, the first edition of Turuna appeared. In 1902, his music was recorded for the first time, when the Banda do Corpo de Bombeiros do Rio de Janeiro recorded Está chumbado. In 1904, the singer Mário Pinheiro recorded Brejeiro with lyrics by Catulo da Paixão Cearense under the title O sertanejo enamorado.
Nazareth lived in Ipanema from 1917 onward. His hearing loss became more severe in the late 1920s. In 1932, he was diagnosed with syphilis, and in 1933 he was admitted to the Colônia Juliano Moreira, a psychiatric hospital in Jacarepaguá. On 1 February 1934, he left the institution. His body was found three days later in the waters of a reservoir that supplied the hospital. The registered cause of death was asphyxia by submersion. He was buried at the São Francisco Xavier Cemetery in Caju, Rio de Janeiro. These musicians, known as chorões, had been adapting imported dance forms since the mid-nineteenth century, using rhythmic patterns associated with the habanera, tresillo and the Afro-Brazilian lundu.
This helps explain why choro musicians later embraced Nazareth even when his scores used other genre names. Many of his pieces were issued as salon piano music, but they circulated through rodas de choro, popular theatres and elite parlors. Nazareth wrote for the piano and for the sheet music market, while his syncopations, bass lines and melodic turns kept his work close to the sound world of Rio's popular instrumental groups. Nazareth's Brazilian tangos can therefore be read as piano works shaped by the printed dance market, the maxixe's syncopated language, choro performance practice and the technique of a pianist trained in the European salon tradition.
His catalog includes about ninety tangos, forty waltzes and twenty polkas, along with mazurkas, schottisches, marches, sambas, fox-trots and other pieces. Nazareth resisted calling his tangos maxixes. He treated many of them as listening pieces for piano, shaped by dance rhythm but less dependent on dance steps than the maxixe repertory associated with the ballroom.
The term pianeiro describes the professional world in which Nazareth worked: cafés, music shops, cinemas, social gatherings and private parties where pianists played written music with the accent and looseness of popular performance. Later writers have used the word with some caution, since Nazareth's scores also require a refined command of the keyboard. Mozart de Araújo, writing on his music, stressed the pianistic character of the works and the difficulty of treating them simply as dance pieces.
Reception and later circulation
thumb|Nazareth at age 45, in a photograph dated 1908.
Nazareth's music drew attention from musicians working in different parts of Brazilian and European musical life. Darius Milhaud, who lived in Brazil from 1917 to 1918, later praised the rhythmic richness, melodic invention and expressive force of Nazareth and Marcelo Tupinambá, and his Brazilian period shaped works such as Le boeuf sur le toit and Saudades do Brasil. Heitor Villa-Lobos dedicated Choro no. 1 to Nazareth in 1920, a gesture often noted in accounts of Nazareth's connection with the early choro repertory.
After his death, Nazareth's music remained active in choro and piano repertories. Jacob do Bandolim, Radamés Gnattali and Carolina Cardoso de Menezes helped keep his music in circulation in the mid-twentieth century, while Eudóxia de Barros and Arthur Moreira Lima brought it strongly into the concert-piano repertory from the 1960s and 1970s onward. Moreira Lima included Nazareth in a 1966 recital at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, where he played the waltz Coração que sente and the tango Batuque in a program otherwise centered on European concert repertory. Its discography project catalogs about 2,500 recordings of Nazareth's music from 1902 onward and made more than 2,000 recordings available for online listening. Other recipients include singer Márcio Gomes, who received the diploma at a 2012 edition of Chorando com Joel, and Luiz Antonio de Almeida, one of Nazareth's principal researchers and a contributor to the Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos project, who received the diploma from the institute in 2010.
In 2004, STV and We Do Comunicação produced the documentary Ernesto Nazareth, directed by Dimas de Oliveira Junior and Felipe Harazim; the film included interviews with the pianists Eudóxia de Barros and Maria Teresa Madeira, the composer Osvaldo Lacerda and the biographer Luiz Antonio de Almeida.
Compositions
Nazareth left 211 complete works, most of them for piano. The catalog below follows the Instituto Moreira Salles project Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos, which groups the works by title and genre and provides individual pages with scores, recordings and, where available, videos.
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! Original title
! English gloss
! Style / genre
! Date or first publication
! Article, score or recording link
! Source / notes
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| 1922
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| Brazilian tango
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| A Bela Melusina
| The Beautiful Melusine
| Polka
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| A flor de meus sonhos
| The flower of my dreams
| Quadrille
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| A florista
| The flower seller
| Canzonet
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| Ai rica prima
| Rich cousin
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| Later used as a sung title associated with Brejeiro.
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| Albíngia
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| Earlier manuscript title associated with Primorosa.
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| Alerta!
| Alert!
| Polka
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| Apanhei-te, cavaquinho
| I caught you, cavaquinho
| Polka
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| IMS catalog
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| Arrufos
| Tiffs
| Schottische
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| As gracinhas de Nhô-nhô
| Nhô-nhô's little charms
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| Atlântico
| Atlantic
| Brazilian tango
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| Brejeiro
| Roguish
| Brazilian tango
| composed and first published c. 1893
| IMS page
| One of Nazareth's best-known works.
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| Capricho
| Caprice
| Concert piece
| estimated 1920; published posthumously in 2008
| IMS page
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| Cardosina
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| Waltz
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| Celestial
| Celestial
| Waltz
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| Correta
| Correct
| Polka
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| Crises em penca!...
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| Carnival Brazilian samba
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| Desengonçado
| Ungainly
| Brazilian tango
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| Divina
| Divine
| Waltz
| first published 1915
| IMS page
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| Dor secreta
| Secret sorrow
| Slow waltz
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| Elegia (para mão esquerda)
| Elegy for left hand
| Elegy
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| Elétrica
| Electric
| Fast waltz
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| Eponina
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| Waltz
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| Exuberante
| Exuberant
| Brazilian tango
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| Marcha heroica aos 18 do forte
| Heroic March to the 18 of the Fort
| Heroic march
| composed c. 1922; published posthumously in 2008
| IMS page; IMSLP
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| Mariazinha sentada na pedra!...
| Little Maria sitting on the stone
| Carnival samba
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| No jardim
| In the garden
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| O futurista
| The futurist
| Brazilian tango
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| Onze de maio
| Eleventh of May
| Quadrille
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| Por que sofre?...
| Why do you suffer?
| Meditative tango
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| Proeminente
| Prominent
| Brazilian tango
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| Saudade dos pagos
| Longing for home places
| Song
| composed after 1917; published posthumously in 2008
| IMS page; IMSLP
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| Saudades e saudades..!!
| Longings and longings
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| Zênite
| Zenith
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| Listed in some catalogs but attributed to Maestro Gaó; include only if retained from the previous catalog list and clearly noted. Examples include:
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! Year
! Title
! Main performer(s)
! Format / label
! Notes
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| 1952
| Carolina Cardoso de Menezes interpreta Ernesto Nazareth
| Carolina Cardoso de Menezes, piano, with ensemble
| 10-inch LP, Sinter SLP 1007
| Four tracks were reissued by Sinter on 78 rpm discs in 1953.
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| 1954
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Radamés Gnattali, piano, with string orchestra
| 10-inch LP, Continental LP-V-2001
| Reissue of Continental 78 rpm recordings made in 1953; later reissued on CD in 1995 in the Mestres da MPB series as Radamés Gnattali Vol. 2.
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| 1955
| Jacob Revive Músicas de Ernesto Nazaré
| Jacob do Bandolim with Regional do Canhoto
| 10-inch LP, RCA Victor BPL 3001
| Reissue of four 78 rpm discs recorded in 1951 and issued in the RCA Victor BP-1 set in 1952.
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| 1957
| Carolina toca Nazareth
| Carolina Cardoso de Menezes, piano, with ensemble
| Double EP, Odeon BWB 1011
| Original recordings for this release.
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| 1958
| A Música de Ernesto Nazareth para Você Dançar
| Mario de Azevedo, piano, with rhythm ensemble
| 12-inch LP, Sinter SLP-1734
| Dance-oriented arrangements of Nazareth works.
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| 1963
| Ouro Sobre Azul
| Eudóxia de Barros, piano
| 12-inch LP, Chantecler CMG 1017
| Reissued the same year as Eudóxia de Barros Interpreta Obras de Ernesto Nazareth Vol. 1; later reissued under the original title.
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| 1965
| Gotas de Ouro
| Eudóxia de Barros, piano
| 12-inch LP, Chantecler CMG-1034
| Reissued the same year as Eudóxia de Barros Interpreta Obras de Ernesto Nazareth Vol. 2.
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| 1967
| Antologia da Música Romântica Brasileira Vol. 2 - Nazareth
| Roberto Szidon, piano
| 12-inch LP, Angel 3CBX 438
| Later reissued as Szidon Toca Nazareth.
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| 1970
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Déo Rian, bandolim; Quinteto Villa-Lobos; string quartet of the Escola de Música da UFRJ
| 12-inch LP, RCA Victor BBL 1523
| Later reissued on CD in the Revivendo collection Gotas de Ouro.
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| 1973
| Homenagem a Ernesto Nazareth
| Dilermando Reis and Dino 7 Cordas, guitars
| 12-inch LP, Continental SLP 10116
| Later reissued by Phonodisc.
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| 1975
| Arthur Moreira Lima Interpreta Ernesto Nazareth
| Arthur Moreira Lima, piano
| Double 12-inch LP, Discos Marcus Pereira MPA 2009 / MPA 9311-9312
| Twenty-five pieces; later reissued in separate CD volumes and in CD compilations.
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| 1977
| Arthur Moreira Lima Interpreta Ernesto Nazareth Nº 2
| Arthur Moreira Lima, piano
| Double 12-inch LP, Discos Marcus Pereira MPA 9364-9365
| Follow-up album with twenty-four additional pieces; later reissued in separate CD volumes.
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| 1978
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Duo Mignone: Maria Josefina Mignone and Francisco Mignone, two pianos
| 12-inch LP, RGE/Fermata 303.1010
| Later partly reissued on CD as Nazarethiando com o Duo Mignone.
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| 1981
| Os Pianeiros - Antônio Adolfo Abraça Ernesto Nazareth
| Antônio Adolfo, piano and arrangements
| 12-inch LP, Artezanal LPA-005
| Later reissued on CD by Imagem and Artezanal.
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| 1983
| Arthur Moreira Lima Plays Tangos, Waltzes, Polkas of Ernesto Nazareth
| Arthur Moreira Lima, piano
| 12-inch LP, Pro Arte Digital PAD 144 / Intersound
| Recorded in September 1982 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters on Steinway CD 372.
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| 1983
| Obras de Ernesto Nazareth
| Maria Nadir Patti, piano
| 12-inch LP, CBS Especial 620.042
| Includes pieces such as Reboliço, Feitiço, Odeon, Cavaquinho, por que choras? and Gotas de Ouro.
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| 1984
| Arthur Moreira Lima Plays Brazilian Tangos and Waltzes of Ernesto Nazareth
| Arthur Moreira Lima, piano
| 12-inch LP, Pro Arte Digital PAD-170
| Recorded in September 1982 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
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| 1984
| Homenagem a Ernesto Nazareth
| Duo Mignone: Maria Josefina Mignone and Francisco Mignone, two pianos
| 12-inch LP, independent FJA-110
| Later reissued on CD as part of Coração que Sente - Nazarethiando com o Duo Mignone.
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| 1984
| Ernesto Nazareth - Brazilian Piano Music
| Marco Antônio de Almeida, piano
| 12-inch LP, XYMAX Musikproduktions GmbH 29199
| Recorded in Hamburg; later reissued on CD under titles including Brazilian Ragtime and Ernesto Nazareth - Brazilian Classics.
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| 1984
| Recordações de um Sarau Artístico
| Joel Bello Soares, piano, with other performers
| Triple 12-inch LP, FENABB 108
| First disc devoted to Nazareth for the fiftieth anniversary of his death; includes reissues of historical recordings by Nazareth with Pedro de Alcântara and by Nazareth as solo pianist.
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| 1985
| Maurício de Oliveira Interpreta Ernesto Nazareth ao Violão
| Maurício de Oliveira, solo guitar; Abner Ferreira and Sebastião de Oliveira, accompanying guitars
| 12-inch LP, Fundação Jônice Tristão LP-G 001
| Promotional LP marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Fundação Jônice Tristão.
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| 1986
| Obras de Ernesto Nazareth (Vol. 1)
| Eudóxia de Barros, piano
| 12-inch LP, Main Engenharia 529.404.343
| Promotional LP; combines reissued material from Ouro Sobre Azul and Gotas de Ouro with two new recordings.
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| 1986
| Obras de Ernesto Nazareth (Vol. 2)
| Eudóxia de Barros, piano
| 12-inch LP, Main Engenharia 529.404.342
| Promotional LP; includes material from Gotas de Ouro and two new recordings.
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| 1987
| Ernesto Nazareth Inédito
| Miguel Proença, piano
| 12-inch LP, Arsis 992 604-1
| Recorded at Sala Cecília Meireles in August 1987; later reissued in the Biscoito Fino collection Piano Brasileiro.
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| 1987
| Piano Music by Ernesto Nazareth
| Polly Ferman, piano
| CD, Music Matters
| Recorded in November 1987; later reissued by Musical Heritage Society, PAMAR and Classic Talent.
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| 1989
| Odeon - Músicas de Ernesto Nazareth
| Beatriz Licurci, piano
| 12-inch LP, UFRJ 803.908
| Includes Improviso, Favorito, Brejeiro, Odeon, Sagaz and other works.
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| 1990
| Ernesto Nazareth - Série Inesquecível: Grandes Compositores
| Various performers
| 12-inch LP, RGE 320.6101
| Compilation of recordings from different years.
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| 1993
| Tributo a Ernesto Nazareth
| Tânia Mara Lopes Cançado, piano
| CD, Karmim KPCD002
| Recorded in 1988; later included with Cançado's book Pelos tangos de Nazareth - Da rítmica africana à síncope brasileira.
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| 1993
| Nazareth - Grupo Corpo Companhia de Dança
| José Miguel Wisnik, keyboards
| CD, Grupo Corpo GC Nº 001
| Music for Grupo Corpo's dance work Nazareth, with quotations and transformations of Nazareth themes.
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| 1995
| Nazareth - Brazilian Tangos & Waltzes
| Dominique Cornil, piano
| CD, GHA 126.028
| Twenty-two piano pieces.
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| 1995
| Ernesto Nazareth - Tango Brasileiro
| Yukio Miyazaki, piano
| CD, Victor PRCD 5158
| Later issued in Brazil as Ernesto Nazareth by Yukio Miyazaki.
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| 1996
| Ernesto Nazareth - Tango Brasileiro, valsa & polca
| Yukio Miyazaki, piano
| CD, Doremi ACD-1379
| Includes tangos, waltzes and polkas.
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| 1997
| Sempre Nazareth
| Maria Teresa Madeira, piano; Pedro Amorim, bandolim; Oscar Bolão, percussion
| CD, Kuarup KCD095
| Chamber settings for piano, bandolim and percussion.
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| 1997
| Tango Brasileiro
| Jessie De Bellis, piano
| CD, Project Music & Media 230
| Includes works by Nazareth and Pérolas de Orvalho by Diniz Nazareth.
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| 1998
| Ernesto Nazareth - Doze Valsas e Oito Peças para Piano
| Aloysio de Alencar Pinto and Arnaldo Rebello, piano
| CD, Repertório Rádio MEC No. 15, SOARMEC S015
| Recordings made in 1963 and first released on this CD.
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| 1998
| Tango Brasileiro
| Frank French, piano
| CD, Viridiana Productions VRD 2008
| Includes thirteen pieces.
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| 1998
| Tango Brasileiro!
| Izumi Tateno, piano
| CD, Finlandia Records 3984-21447-2
| Sixteen piano works.
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| 1998
| Paulo Romário refletindo Ernesto de Nazareth
| Paulo Romário Menezes de Souza, piano
| CD, independent NM 212798
| Recorded on the Steinway piano at Estúdio Companhia dos Técnicos.
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| 1998
| Brazilian Delights
| Spencer Doidge, guitar
| CD, independent 186334934
| Guitar album listed by IMS as a dedicated Nazareth recording.
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| 2001
| Tangos Brasileiros
| Meander Guitar Duo: Gerhard Koele and Pieter Jan den Hartigh, guitars
| CD, ORBIS Productions ORB 2001
| Guitar-duo arrangements of Nazareth pieces.
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| 2002
| Confidências
| Lena Verani, clarinet; Luiz Flávio Alcofra, guitar
| CD, independent
| Includes guest appearances by Marcílio Lopes, Paulino Dias, Rui Alvim, David Chew and Jaime Vignoli.
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| 2002
| O Piano Erudito de Ernesto Nazareth
| Leonie Elise Fest Andreolla, piano
| CD, label and number unknown
| Twelve piano works.
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| 2003
| Ernesto Nazareth (1) (Mestres Brasileiros Vol. 3)
| Maria Teresa Madeira, piano
| CD, Sonhos e Sons SSCD051
| Recorded in July and August 2002; includes guest appearances by Marcus Viana and Sebastião Vianna.
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| 2003
| Ernesto Nazareth (2) (Mestres Brasileiros Vol. 4)
| Maria Teresa Madeira, piano
| CD, Sonhos e Sons SSCD052
| Companion volume recorded in July and August 2002.
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| 2004
| Anima Brasiliana
| Maria Di Pasquale, piano
| CD, Pan Pot Records PP119
| Includes Nazareth piano works alongside a Brazilian repertory focus.
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| 2005
| Ernesto Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes and Polkas
| Iara Behs, piano
| CD, Naxos 8.557687
| Recorded in November 2003 in Heek, Germany.
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| 2005
| E. Nazareth - Pieces pour piano / Piano Works
| Maria José Carrasqueira, piano
| CD, Solstice SOCD 224
| Also issued by YB Music as YBCD025.
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| 2005
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Quinteto Villa-Lobos, with guests
| CD, ND Comunicação Ltda.
| Arrangements by Marcílio Lopes, Josimar Gomes Carneiro, Caio Márcio, Paulo Sérgio Santos and Maurício Carrilho.
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| 2005
| Ernesto Nazareth - Music for Solo Piano
| Thomas Tirino, piano
| CD, Koch Entertainment KIC-CD-7547
| Twenty-five solo piano works.
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| 2005
| Ernesto Nazareth Tangos
| Paul Posnak, piano
| CD, Cambria Master Recordings CD-1152
| Twenty works, mainly tangos and choro-related pieces.
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| 2005
| Odeon - Tango Brasileiro - Frank French Plays the Tangos of Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth
| Frank French, piano
| CD, independent AFF 1028
| Recordings made in 1987 and first released on this disc.
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| 2006
| Embalada pela Brisa do Rio
| Yuka Shimizu, piano
| CD, independent
| Sixteen piano works.
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| 2007
| Ernesto Nazareth 1 (Clássicos do Choro Brasileiro)
| Choro ensemble with Daniel Dalarossa, Edmilson Capelupi, Lula Gama, Arnaldinho do Cavaco and Betinho Sodré
| CD with score book, Choro Music CCEN01P
| First volume in the Clássicos do Choro Brasileiro Nazareth set.
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| 2007
| Ernesto Nazareth 2 (Clássicos do Choro Brasileiro)
| Choro ensemble with guest soloists
| CD with score book, Choro Music CCEN02P
| Second volume in the Clássicos do Choro Brasileiro Nazareth set.
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| 2008
| Ernesto Nazareth 3 (Clássicos do Choro Brasileiro)
| Choro ensemble with guest soloists
| CD with score book, Choro Music CCEN03PE
| Third volume in the Clássicos do Choro Brasileiro Nazareth set.
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| 2009
| Ernesto Nazareth - Obras Raras
| Alexandre Dias, piano
| MP3 album, Choro Music
| Rare works including Cuéra, Encantador, Cruz, perigo!!, Suculento and Pauliceia, como és formosa!....
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| 2009
| Luciano Alves Interpreta Ernesto Nazareth
| Luciano Alves, piano
| CD, Biscoito Fino BF885
| Recorded on 4 August 2007; includes Pipocando, a Luciano Alves homage to Nazareth.
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| 2009
| Ernesto Nazareth - Solo Piano Works
| Marcelo Bratke, piano
| CD, Quartz Music QTZ2066
| Seventeen piano pieces.
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| 2009
| Ernesto Nazareth por Ronaldo do Bandolim
| Ronaldo do Bandolim and ensemble
| CD, Niterói Discos 117
| Bandolim-centered interpretations of Nazareth works.
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| 2009
| Nazareth
| Rosana Lanzelotte, harpsichord and pianoforte; Luis Leite, guitar; Caito Marcondes, percussion
| CD, Biscoito Fino BC 240
| Includes harpsichord and early-keyboard adaptations.
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| 2009
| Tadeu Borges Interpreta Ernesto Nazareth
| Tadeu Borges, piano
| CD, Paulus 010063
| Seventeen piano works.
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| 2009
| Odeon - Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth
| Antoine Zemor, piano
| CD, Fleur de Son 57989
| Nineteen piano works.
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| 2010
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Marcelo Bratke, piano; Camerata Brasil Vale Música
| CD, Biscoito Fino BF-976
| Includes works by Nazareth and Brasileira by Darius Milhaud.
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| 2010
| Comigo É na Madeira - Obras de Ernesto Nazareth
| Quarteto Contemporâneo
| CD, independent QCCD001
| Ensemble of cavaquinho, winds and seven-string guitar.
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| 2010
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Various performers
| CD, Coleção Folha Raízes da Música Popular Brasileira, Vol. 20
| Compilation with recordings by Altamiro Carrilho, Pixinguinha, Quinteto Villa-Lobos, Garoto, Arthur Moreira Lima, Jacob do Bandolim and others.
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| 2012
| Nazareth: fora dos eixos
| Choro & Companhia
| CD, independent
| Includes guest appearances by Juninho Alvarenga, Alexandre Dias, Hamilton de Holanda, Ricardo Dourado Freire and Roberto Corrêa.
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| 2012
| Giovanni Sagaz interpreta Ernesto Nazareth
| Giovanni Sagaz, piano; Susi Brito, voice; Sérgio Espezim, seven-string guitar; Eduardo Tiriba Moore, percussion
| DVD, independent
| Includes vocal versions of Bambino and Apanhei-te, cavaquinho.
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| 2013
| Músicas Raras de Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 1 (Rare Music of Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 1)
| Alexandre Dias, piano
| MP3 album, independent
| First volume of rare works.
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| 2013
| Músicas Raras de Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 2 (Rare Music of Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 2)
| Alexandre Dias, piano
| MP3 album, independent
| Second volume of rare works.
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| 2013
| Músicas Raras de Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 3 (Rare Music of Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 3)
| Alexandre Dias, piano
| MP3 album, independent
| Third volume of rare works.
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| 2013
| Músicas Raras de Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 4 (Rare Music of Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 4)
| Alexandre Dias, piano
| MP3 album, independent
| Fourth volume of rare works.
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| 2013
| Músicas Raras de Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 5 (Rare Music of Ernesto Nazareth, Vol. 5)
| Alexandre Dias, piano
| MP3 album, independent
| Fifth volume of rare works.
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| 2013
| Elétrico Nazareth - Mú Carvalho interpreta Ernesto Nazareth
| Mú Carvalho, keyboards, with ensemble
| CD, Som Livre 3278-2
| Electric and ensemble arrangements; includes Variações sobre o tema Odeon by Mú Carvalho.
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| 2013
| Tangos Brasileiros - The Music of Ernesto Nazareth
| Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano
| Double CD, Marquis Classics 81519
| Two-disc piano album.
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| 2013
| Nazareth Revisitado
| João Carlos Assis Brasil, piano, with Carlos Navas and Alaíde Costa
| CD, independent, distributed by Tratore, CN4
| Includes suites after Nazareth themes and vocal versions of Bambino, Nenê and Odeon.
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| 2013
| Ernesto Nazareth
| Nicolas de Souza Barros, eight-string guitar
| CD, independent
| Guitar arrangements of fourteen works.
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| 2013
| Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos Vol. 1
| Various historical performers
| CD, Revivendo Músicas RVPC 085
| Compilation of 78 rpm recordings, including Nazareth's recording of Odeon with Pedro de Alcântara and his solo recording of Escovado.
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| 2013
| Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos Vol. 2
| Various historical performers
| CD, Revivendo Músicas RVPC 086
| Companion compilation of 78 rpm recordings, including Nazareth's solo recording of Apanhei-te, cavaquinho.
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| 2014
| Pairando - Maogani interpreta Nazareth
| Quarteto Maogani
| CD, Biscoito Fino BF 307-2
| Guitar quartet arrangements by members of the group.
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| 2014
| Ernesto Nazareth - Ouro Sobre Azul
| André Mehmari, piano, with Neymar Dias and Sérgio Reze on selected tracks
| CD, Estúdio Monteverdi EM 014
| Includes Suíte Nazareth Solo, Odeon with incidental music by Guinga, and a first recording of De tarde.
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| 2014
| Rio, Choro, Jazz...
| Antônio Adolfo, piano, with ensemble
| CD, AAM Music AAM 0706
| Described on the release as a tribute to Nazareth; arrangements by Antônio Adolfo.
|-
| 2015
| Sarambeque - 150 anos de Nazareth
| Grupo Papo de Anjo, with Fabiana Cozza on selected tracks
| CD, independent
| Choro ensemble interpretations.
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| 2015
| Ernesto Nazareth - Portrait of Rio
| Clélia Iruzun, piano
| CD, Lorelt LNT139
| Eighteen piano works.
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| 2016
| Ernesto Nazareth Integral
| Maria Teresa Madeira, piano
| 12-CD box
| Integral recording project with 215 piano compositions.
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Further reading
Books and major studies
The following list includes books, chapters, catalogues and major editions directly concerned with Nazareth or frequently used in scholarship on his work. The Instituto Moreira Salles bibliography for Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos lists a broader body of books, articles, recordings, score albums and digital media related to the composer.
Major score editions
References
See also
- Choro
- Maxixe
- Odeon (Nazareth)
- Plangente
- Nove de julho
- Music of Brazil
External links
- Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos, official commemorative site hosted by Instituto Moreira Salles
- Works catalog at Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos
- Discography and recordings at Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos