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Works for Cello

Ária (1973), for cello and piano. Edited by Coleçao de obras digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0394.

Choro-Seresteiro (1974), for 2 cellos and optional piano. Edited by Ricordi Brasileira, São Paolo/SP, 1982; Coleçao de obras digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0295.

Cançoneta (1989), for cello and piano. Edited by Coleçao de obras digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0326.

Elegia (1989), for cello and piano. Edited by Coleçao de obras digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0327.

Suite (1993), for cello and orchestra. Edited by Coleçao de obras digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0366.

Ária -second version- (2005), for cello and piano.

Elegia -second version- (2005), for cello and piano. Edited by Coleçao de obras digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0337.

Works for Viola

Sonata (1962), for viola and piano. Edited by Coleçao de obras Digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0284.

Appassionato, cantilena e Toccata: Duo (1977), for viola and piano. Edited by Escola de Comunicaçao e Artes da Universidade de São Paolo, São Paola/SP, 1978; Banco de Partituras de Música Brasileira da ABM; Coleçao de obras Digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0307.

Choro seresteiro e fuga (1998), for viola and clarinet. Edited by Coleçao de obras Digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0335.

Fuga e postlúdio (1999), for viola and violin. Edited by Coleçao de obras Digitalizadas, BPMB/ABM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013, LD-OL0336.

Sources:

Grove Music Online: https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000015771?rskey=Snuu3q

Musica Brasilis: https://musicabrasilis.com/composers/osvaldo-lacerda

Lacerda, O. (2013). Catálogo de obras. Rio de Janeiro: ABM. https://abmusica.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/catalogo_o.lacerda_v2_web.pdf

Osvaldo Lacerda

Brazilian composer, born March 23, 1927, died July 18, 2011.

Brazilian composer and music educator, Osvaldo Lacerda was born in 1927 in the city of São Paulo, where he studied harmony with Ernesto Kierski during the late 1940s. In Brazil, Osvaldo Lacerda studied with Camargo Guarnieri, and in 1963 he won a fellowship that allowed him to study with Vittorio Giannini and Copland in the United States.

Besides being a successful composer and still having his works frequently performed around the world today, Osvaldo Lacerda was an active educator, publishing books used in music schools from Brazil and Portugal. Additionally, he taught at the Escola Municipal de Música in São Paulo.