Silva, Francisco Manuel da (1795–1865)
Silva, Francisco Manuel da (1795–1865)
Francisco Manuel da Silva (b. 21 February 1795; d. 18 December 1865), Brazilian conductor, cellist, teacher, and composer. Silva studied at the music school in which Padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia taught children who were unable to pay for musical instruction. At the age of ten he began to study cello and shortly thereafter was accepted as a boy soprano in the Royal Chapel Choir. He studied counterpoint and composition with Sigis-mund Neukomm, the Austrian composer who had been lured to Brazil by the promises of Dom João VI, the reigning monarch intent on establishing a school of fine arts. Although Silva wrote considerable sacred music, several art songs, and some instrumental and piano music, he is remembered principally for his patriotic songs and especially for composing the Brazilian national anthem.
See alsoMusic: Art Music .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ayres De Andrade, Francisco Manuel da Silva e seu tempo, 1808–1865, 2 vols. (1967).
Gérard Béhague, Music in Latin America (1979).
Additional Bibliography
Hazan, Marcelo Campos. "Francisco Manuel da Silva's Swan Song." Inter-American Music Review 16:2 (Spring-Summer 2000): 33-43.
David P. Appleby