Barroso Neto, Joaquim Antonio

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Barroso Neto, Joaquim Antonio

Barroso Neto, Joaquim Antonio, Brazilian teacher and composer; b. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 30, 1881; d. there, Sept. 1, 1941. He was a pupil of Braga and Nepomuceno, and later acquired a fine reputation as a teacher. He wrote mainly piano pieces in a mildly Romantic manner.

Bibliography

T. Gomes, B. N. (Rio de Janeiro, 1939).

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