Antônio Carlos Gomes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian composer
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Place of Birth: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
About Antônio Carlos Gomes
- Antônio Carlos Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [?~'tonju 'ka?lus 'gomis]; Campinas, July 11, 1836 – Belém, September 16, 1896) was the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe.
- The only non-European who was successful as an opera composer in Italy, during the "golden age of opera", contemporary to Verdi and Puccini and the first composer of non-European lineage to be accepted into the Classic tradition of music.Younger than Verdi, yet older than Puccini, Carlos Gomes achieved his first major success in a time when the Italian audiences were eager for a new name to celebrate and Puccini had not yet officially started his career.
- After the successful premiere of Il Guarany, Gomes was considered the most promising new composer.
- Verdi said his work was an expression of "true musical genius".
- Liszt said that “it displays dense technical maturity, full of harmonic and orchestral maturity.”
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