Music school of the federal University of Rio de Janeiro

The Music school of the federal Université of Rio de Janeiro is oldest and one of the most prestigious schools of Brazilian Musique. If its present is resolutely anchored in the Higher education and the research of musical excellence, its history, going up until the XIXe century, merges with that of musical teaching to the Brésil.

History

The Academy of Music

Founded by a imperial Decree, the Conservatoire of Musique of Rio de Janeiro was inaugurated the August 13rd 1848. Its first clean seat however was inaugurated only in 1872 by the princess Isabelle of Portugal: this building, located Tiradentes Place in the centreville of Rio de Janeiro, shelters the Arts center nowadays Oiticica Photogravure.

The Academy had like first director Francisco Manuel da Silva, the author of the Brazilian national anthem.

Among its pupils appear of important Brazilian musicians of the XIXe century, such as Henrique Alves de Mesquita, Anacleto de Medeiros, Francisco Braga (the author of the anthem to the Brazilian flag), and especially Antônio Carlos Gomes, type-setter of famous the Opéra It Guarany .

The National institute of Music

After the proclamation of the Republic, in 1889, the Academy became, by a Décret of January 1890, the National institute of Music.

Its first director was the type-setter Leopoldo Miguez (1850-1902). Miguez worked without slackening for the development of the Institute, it equipping with funds librarian, musical instruments, apparatuses acoustic and even of a Orgue, which it bought with the German Organ builder Wilhelm Sauer with the money of the first price gained at the time of the contest for the election of the anthem to the proclamation of the Republic. Miguez also undertook a voyage in Europe during which he visited several academies in order to empreigner their practices teaching, that he then tried to apply to the Institute.

After the death of Leopoldo Miguez, in 1902, followed one another the head of the Institute the type-setters Alberto Nepomuceno (1902 - 1903), which resigned at once, Henrique Oswald (1903 - 1906) then, with the resignation of this last in 1906, again Nepomuceno (1906 - 1916).

At the time of its second mandate, Nepomuceno had to face the growth of the number of pupils and undertook many reforms touching with the rules of procedure of the Institute, musical teaching and, more largely, with the institutionalization of the Brazilian classical music, launching for example the reform of the Brazilian national anthem and the regulation of its public execution. In 1916 however, Nepomuceno in vain tried to impose the teaching of the Traité Harmonie of Arnold Schönberg, and vis-a-vis the opposition of the teachers, then preferred to resign.

It is still under the direction of Nepomuceno, in 1913, that the Institute gained its current seat, located at 98, rue C Passeio, in the historical quarters of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1922 was inaugurated the Salle Leopoldo Miguez, one of the most important concert halls of the country, famous for its remarkable Acoustique. Inspired by the Room Gaveau, with Paris, its interior is decorated with Fresques of Antônio Parreiras and Carlos Oswald.

In 1923 was founded the Orchestre of the Institute, whose main thing Leader at his first years was Francisco Braga.

The Institute knew in the Années 1920 of important teaching reforms; it was then attached to the University of Rio de Janeiro.

The National school of Music

In 1937, the Université of Rio de Janeiro took the name of University of Brazil. In the tread, the National institute of Music was renamed National school of Music.

The Années 1950 were one period ostentation for the National school of Music: in its rows appeared then of important musicians and Brazilian type-setters, like Francisco Mignone (Direction of orchestra), Lorenzo Fernandez (Harmonie), Jose Siqueira (Composition), Oscar Borgeth (Violon), Iberê Gomes Grosso (Violoncelle) and Arnaldo Estrela (Piano).

In 1954 the Institute acquired of the organ Tamburini of the Room Leopoldo Miguez, to replace the old Sauer organ acquired by Leopoldo Miguez itself.

The Music school of the federal University of Rio de Janeiro

This name was adopted in 1965 when, by the decree n°: 4759 of the military government, the University of Brazil was transformed into federal Université of Rio de Janeiro. Always in the Années 1960 were acquired the 27 pianos Steinway of various models which furnish the classrooms still today and in concerts. During the same time, the Room Leopoldo Miguez sudden of important renovation works, which allowed certainly the modernization of the installations, but damaged most of the decoration of origin.

In the Years 1970, the Music school adopted a new payment establishing current academic division in seven departments. The School then must with its director Batista Siqueira have saved accuracy its seat of the demolition during the drainage works of the district of Lapa, leaves not very enviable which knew of many close buildings. It was still Batista Siqueira which reorganized the Symphony orchestra of the Music school, which adopted its current configuration, primarily made up of pupils in first cycle resulting from the rows from the School.

Since the Years 1980, the directors are not any more named but are elected by a college of professors, civils servant and pupils of the Music school. Its current director is João Guilherme Ripper.

Organization

The Music school is divided into seven departments:

Department of the Instruments with keyboard and percussion
Department of Composition
Department of the Instruments with rubbed cords and cords pinches
Department of Musicology and Musical Education
Department of vocal Music
Department of the Instruments wind
Department of overall Music

As for any establishment of higher education in Brazil, the teaching exempted at the Music school is accessible by obtaining from the Brazilian baccalaureat.

Library Alberto Nepomuceno

The Library Alberto Nepomuceno of the Music school is the first and one of the most important musical libraries of Brazil. His funds, priceless witness of the Brazilian musical memory, constituted himself little by little, enriched by the donations by professors, pupils and musicians, and includes/understands today approximately 100 thousand works, among which many works of the large Brazilian type-setters. In addition to the books and the partitions, the Library conceals many historical documents, periodicals, iconographic documents as well as sound recordings.

Sources

official Page of the Music school of the federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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