Chiquinha Gonzaga

Chiquinha Gonzaga Sheet Music

  • Born: 17th October 1847
  • Died: 28th February 1935
  • Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor. Chiquinha Gonzaga was born in Rio de Janeiro, from a mulatto mother and a wealthy white father – after she was born her father became a marshal. Her godfather was Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias and one of her best friends was the first lady of Brazil, Nair de Tefé.She fought for the end of slavery in Brazil. Gonzaga received an education that would ordinarily have led her to be a “sinhazinha”, a respectful officer's daughter. She learned how to read, write, and do math, but also music, especially how to play the piano, a distinctive mark of a real lady.

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