Ernani Aguiar
Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar is a Brazilian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
Life and career
A scholarship winner to the Argentine Mozarteum, Aguiar studied under various composers and conductors in South America and later in Europe, including Sergiu Celibidache. As a musicologist, he has specialized in the revising, editing, and revival of works by composers of the 18th century Minas Gerais School. He has written a number of instrumental pieces, but his most famous works are his choral pieces, such as the fiery Salmo 150, composed in 1975 and published in 1993, which features rhythmic backgrounds with very rapid articulations. Salmo 150 has proved a very popular piece among choral conductors worldwide, particularly within the American Choral Directors Association.He is currently a professor of music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a fellow of the Villa-Lobos Institute, and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Música.
Choral works
Cantilena, para coro "a capella"Danças, para barítono e cordas, 1993Falai de Deus, para coro "a capella" Missa BrevisMissa Brevis II in honorem S. Francisci Assisiensis, para coro "a capella"Missa Brevis IIIO sacrum convivium, para coro misto "a capella"Oração de São Francisco, para coro misto "a capella"Psalm 74Psalmus CL, para coro "a capella"Refrão, para coro misto "a capella"Sacipererê, para coro infantil "a capella"Salmo 150, 1993Venid, para coro "a capella"Ave Maria SSATB "a capella"Instrumental works
Bifonia nº 1 e nº 2, para flauta e fagoteDuo, para violino e cello, 1986 Melorritmias, para flautaMiniaturas, para clarineta e pianoSonatina, para pianoToques de cabocolinhos, para pianoTrês peças, para trompete e piano, 1971Violoncelada, para oito violoncelos, 1993Operatic works
O menino Maluquinho, 1993Orchestral works
Cantata de Natal, para coro e orquestraCantata O menino maluquinho, para coro e orquestra, 1989Cantos sacros para orixás, para coro e orquestra, 1994Sinfonietta prima, para orquestra sinfônica, 1990- "Quatro mementos No 3"