Ilza Nogueira is a Brazilian composer, music educator and musicologist.

Biography

Ilza Nogueira was born in Salvador

Salvador, Bahia

Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...

, Bahia

Bahia

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. She studied composition under Ernst Widmer in 1969 at the School of Music and Performing Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. After graduation in 1972, she won a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service and continued her studies in composition at the Academy of Music in Cologne

Cologne

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 (1974–1977) with Maurice Kagel. She also obtained Master of Arts (1983) and Doctor of Philosophy (1985) degrees from the State University

State university

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 of New York

New York

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 at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

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 (USA), where she studied under Arthur Hiller Lejaren and Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...

. After completing her studies, she took a position teaching music at the Federal University of Paraíba

Paraíba

Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...

 where she retired from the faculty in 1998.

Nogueira was National Counsel for Scientific and Technological Development and a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Music. As a musicologist, Nogueira writes books, articles and critical reviews on contemporary music, focusing on Bahaian musicians and composers.

Works

Selected works include:

• REMINISCÊNCIAS (2006), for soprano solo (Text by W. Whitman).
• SUÍTE OPARA (2005), for brass quintet woods.
• VIA-SACRA: ORATÓRIO DE SEMANA SANTA (2004). Libretto by W. J. Dab. Orchestra, chorus, solo voices.
• AINDA QUE ... (2002), for soprano and harp (text of the Catholic Liturgy: I Corinthians, 13).
• PRECE (2002), for chorus a cappella (the composer's text).
• SERENATA ICONOCLASTA (2001), for orchestra and choir, text by Augusto dos Anjos.
• CANTATA GONZAGUEANA (1997). For tenor soloist, mixed chorus and orchestra.
• ACOMPANHAMENTOS AO PIANO PARA TRÊS CANÇÕES DE NINAR DO FOLCLORE *MUSICADO DA BAHIA (1998), for soprano and piano.
• CINCO CANÇÕES DA CAMERA: on poetic texts and music of Ernst Widmer (1997), for soprano and mixed together.
• ODE AOS JAMAIS ILUMINADOS (1993),for string quartet, piano, and two speakers.
• IN MEMORIAM (1988), for soprano and percussion, text by Thiago de Mello ("Botão de Rosa")
• URTEXT (1985), for soprano solo, baritone solo, woodwind quartet, string quartet, and percussion.
• KALEIDOSCOPE (1983), for two groups of metals
• TRILOQUIA (1977), performed live with violin, trumpet, bassoon, piano and percussion; also recorded with reduced instrumentation: flute, piccolo, trumpet, cello. Also with theatrical performers.
• CROMOSSONS (1977), for three recorded orchestras and slide projector
• LUDOS CROMÁTICOS (1973): N.º 1, for all non-specific; N.º 2, for keyboard; N.º 3, for physical expression.
• IDIOSSINCRASIA (1972), for seven violins, first round (Smetak instrument), percussion, tape, voices, and synthesizer
• METÁSTASE (1971), for chorus a cappella.
• TRÊS ROTEIROS PARA IMPROVISAÇÃO (1970)
• PEÇA PARA QUARTETO DE FLAUTAS BLOCK (1969)

Books

Nogueira has published two texts and a number of professional articles.

• Nogueira, Ilza. Widmer: Perfil estilístico. Salvador: Escola de Música da UFBA, 1997, 198 p.
• Nogueira, Ilza. Widmer: Catálogo de Obras. Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Música, 2007, 231 p.

External links

• List of works and publications