Alfredo Napoleão, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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composer and pianist from Portugal
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Place of Birth: Porto, Porto District, Portugal
About Alfredo Napoleão
- Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos (1852 — 1917) was the youngest of three Napoleão siblings, the others being Arthur Napoleão (1843–1925), and Aníbal Napoleão (1845–1880).
- All the three were pianists and composers. Their parents were Portugal, Alexandre Napoleão (a musician himself) and Joaquina Maria dos Santos.
- The latter died, when Alfredo was only a year old.
- The father worked in London, and Alfredo spent his childhood with his maternal grandmother in Porto, his birthplace.
- In 1858 he was brought to London to study with a certain Professor Wood.
- This studies continued up to 1868, when he went to Brazil, like his two brothers.In 1869 he gave his debut recital in Rio de Janeiro, with great success.
- He made an extensive tour through the country and settled in Buenos Aires, and then in Montevideo, where he taught piano.
- In 1879 he was again in Rio and for some years toured the northern parts of Brazil.
- At that time he was at the height of his fame.Returning to Portugal in 1882, he gave concerts in Lisbon and Porto, then London and Paris.
- In 1889 he went to Brazil again and made a tour through the entire continent.
- In 1891 he returned to Porto.Alfredo Napoleão was a great interpreter of Bach, Beethoven and Schumann.
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