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Chiquinha Gonzaga

1847 - 1935

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Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, better known as Chiquinha Gonzaga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃiˈkiɲɐ ɡõˈzaɡɐ]; October 17, 1847 – February 28, 1935) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and the first woman conductor in Brazil.Chiquinha Gonzaga was the first pianist of "choro" and author of the first carnival march, "Ó Abre Alas" (1899). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chiquinha Gonzaga has received more than 116,299 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Chiquinha Gonzaga is the 990th most popular composer (down from 880th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 304th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 990 out of 1,216Before her are Aulis Sallinen, Xian Xinghai, Jeanne Demessieux, Friedrich Gernsheim, Alessandro Grandi, and Camargo Guarnieri. After her are Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Emil von Sauer, Paul Taffanel, John Rutter, Henri Pousseur, and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 63Before her are Joseph Achille Le Bel, Koos de la Rey, Charles Renard, Émile Faguet, Ellen Terry, and Domenico Ferrata. After her are Richard Bowdler Sharpe, William Edward Ayrton, Ida Saxton McKinley, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Julia Lermontova, and Heinrich Gelzer. Among people deceased in 1935, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 88Before her are Childe Hassam, Sun Chuanfang, Nina Grieg, Agnes Pockels, Charles Demuth, and Hans Baluschek. After her are Pyotr Kozlov, Johannes Thiele, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Tsubouchi Shōyō, Richard Sheldon, and Harald Sohlberg.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 342 out of 2,067Before her are Nise da Silveira (1905), Danilo Alvim (1920), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939), Camargo Guarnieri (1907), and Ana Maria Machado (1941). After her are Roberto Firmino (1991), Hamilton Mourão (1953), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Ivan Lins (1945), Clodovil Hernandes (1937), and Serginho Chulapa (1953).

Among COMPOSERS In Brazil

Among composers born in Brazil, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 6Before her are Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836), Egberto Gismonti (1947), Ary Barroso (1903), and Camargo Guarnieri (1907). After her are Alberto Nepomuceno (1864), Cláudio Santoro (1919), and Alexandre Levy (1864).