Jorge de Freitas Antunes

Jorge de Freitas Antunes

Works for Cello

Insubstituível Segunda (1967), for cello and tape.

Concierto para um mês de sol (1974), for cello and orchestra.

Mascárie (1975), for cello and flute.

Works for Viola

Microformobiles I (1971), for viola solo.

Trés Impressões Cancioneirígenas (1977), for viola, flute, and cello. 

Mascaruncho (1977), for two violas.

Modinha para Mindinha (“Tune for Mindinha”) (1985), for seven violas. 

Sources:

  • Antunes, J.(n.d). Biografia. Jorge Antunes. www.jorgeantunes.com.br/en

  • Béhague, G. (2001). Antunes, Jorge. In Grove Music Online. Grove Music. https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01065

  • Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

  • Griffiths, P. (2006). Antunes, Jorge (de freitas). In The new Penguin dictionary of music. Credo Reference. http://proxy.lawrence.edu:2048/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/penguinmusic/antunes_jorge_de_freitas/0?institutionId=840

Jorge de Freitas Antunes

Brazilian composer and pianist, born April 23, 1942.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Antunes started his violin studies at the National Music School of the University of Brazil. Alongside his composition and conducting studies between 1964 and 1968, Antunes was completing a degree in Physics. After building his own electronic equipment, Antunes founded the Studio de Pesquisas Cromo-Musicais. Antunes is considered a pioneer in the composition of electronic music in Brazil. In 1969, he received a scholarship to continue his studies with Alberto Ginastera and Luis de Pablo at the Instituto Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later he continued his research at the University of Utrecht, where he worked with Gottfried Michael Koening. Between 1972 and 1973, he worked in Paris with Pierre Schaeffer at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. In 1977, he earned a doctorate in musical aesthetics from the Sorbonne. Since 1973, he has worked as a professor of composition and director of electronic music at the University of Brasília.