Vesper Waltz - Music

Ernesto Júlio De Nazareth Was A Brazilian Composer And Pianist Especially Noted For His Creative Choro Compositions. Influenced By African Rhythms And Many Musical Styles Like The Lundu And The Choro He Never Fully Accepted This Influence Refusing To Give Popular Names To His Compositions. A Musician Of Classical Training He Classified His Music As "Brazilian Tangos" Since The Argentine Tango And Polka Dances Were Considered Fashionable At The Time. His Piano Repertoire Is Now Part Of The Teaching Programs Of Both Classical And Popular Styles As Nazareth Once Served At The Boundary Between These Two Worlds. Ernesto Nazareth Was Born In March 20 1863 In Rio De Janeiro One Of Five Children. His Mother Carolina Da Cunha Gave Him His First Piano Lessons. At The Age Of Ten After His Mother's Death He Continued His Piano Studies With Eduardo Moreira And Charles Lucien Lambert. Strongly Influenced By Frédéric Chopin Nazareth Published His First Composition "Você Bem Sabe" 1877 At Age 14. At This Time He Began His Professional Career Playing In Cafes Balls Society Parties And In The Waiting Rooms Of Movie Theaters. In 1893 Casa Vieira Machado Published His Famous Tango "Brejeiro". In 1879 He Wrote His First Tango "Cruz Perigo!". In 1880 At The Age Of 17 He Made His First Public Appearance At The Mozart Club. The Following Year He Composed The Tango "Não Caio N'outra!" His First Great Success With Several Reprints. In 1885 He Performed In Concerts In Different Clubs Of The Court. In 1893 Casa Vieira Machado Launched A New Catalogue Of His Compositions Including The Tango "Brejeiro" Which Achieved National And Even International Success In That The Republican Guard Band Of Paris Began To Include It In Their Repertoire Coming Even To Record It. His First Concert As A Pianist Took Place In 1898. The Following Year He Prepared The First Edition Of The Tango "Turuna". In 1905 He Had His First Work "Brejeiro" Recorded By Singer Mario Pinheiro With The Title "O Sertanejo Enamorado" With Lyrics By Catulo Da Paixão Cearense. Meanwhile The "Casa Édison" Marching Band Recorded His Tango "Escovado" Which Became Quite Successful. In 1907 Ernesto Nazareth Was Appointed Third Book-Keeper Of The National Treasury A Position That He Did Not Occupy For Not Mastering The English Language. In 1908 He Began Working As A Pianist At The Mozart Club. The Following Year He Participated In A Concert Held At The National Institute Of Music Playing The Gavotte "Corbeille De Fleurs" And The Tango "Batuque". Instead He Began To Teach Private Piano Lessons And Was Hired As A Pianist For The Odeon Cinema From 1920-1924. In São Paulo And Campinas He Performed Several Shows In The Municipal Theater And At The Conservatory. He Was Given Then A Grand Piano As A Gift From His Admirers. He Was One Of The First Artists To Play For The Society Radio Of Rio De Janeiro. In 1932 He Presented For The First Time A Recital In Which He Performed Only His Compositions. In 1933 After A Period Of Mental Instability Due To The Deaths Of His Wife And Daughter Diagnosed With Syphilis And Worsening Hearing Problems Caused By A Fall During Childhood Nazareth Was Hospitalized At The Juliano Moreira Asylum In Jacarepaguá. On February 5 1934 Nazareth Fled The Asylum And Was Found Alone Three Days Later In The Adjacent Forest Near A Waterfall Dead By Drowning. read less