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Fernando Lopes-Graça

Portuguese composer (1906-1994) · Portugal · Musicians · Died at 87

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Fernando Lopes-Graça was a Portuguese composer, conductor and musicologist. Lopes-Graça was born in Tomar, and was influenced by Portuguese popular music, which he also studied, continuing the work of the composer and musicologist Francisco de Lacerda.

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Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

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Fernando Lopes-Graça was a Portuguese composer, conductor and musicologist. Lopes-Graça was born in Tomar, and was influenced by Portuguese popular music, which he also studied, continuing the work of the composer and musicologist Francisco de Lacerda. He was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and strenuously opposed the Estado Novo and its leader António de Oliveira Salazar. He completed the Dicionário de Música, started by his teacher, Tomás Borba, himself a composer. He died in Parede, near Cascais.

Country
Portugal
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1994 · aged 87

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