Attention song-lovers! February 14, 2008
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Among the gems purchased for the Music Library in Brazil last fall is a volume of the complete songs of Antonio Carlos Gomes, Brazil’s first successful opera composer, and still the only Brazilian to have an international opera career, with one opera after another produced at La Scala in Milan. Ricordi, in addition to publishing the scores for his operas, also issued three collections of songs (totaling 19) in Italian. Those, plus another 22 songs, in both Italian and Portuguese, are offered in score, with notes on the pieces, the texts, and two CDs with performances of all the songs. Among the charmers: “Conselhos”, advice to a young woman intending to wed by “Dr. Experienced Older Man”.
Gomes, Minhas Pobres Canções - M1620 G653
