Augusto Brandt (1892 in
Puerto Cabello – 1942 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan composer and violinist.
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Early life
The son of German immigrants, and younger brother of writer
Carlos Brandt, he had piano lessons with Ana Jhan Wittestone as a child, and composed his first pieces at the age of six. From 1903, he studied violin in
Caracas. In the municipal theatre of his town, in 1910, he composed a triumphal march for the centenary of the independence of Venezuela.
Career
With a scholarship of 60 bolivares from the Puerto Cabello local government official Lopez Bello, on December 23, 1909, he went to
Belgium
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. There, he was a pupil of César Thomson at the
Brussels
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Conservatory, from which he graduated with first prize in the violin. He then lived in
New York City
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, where he was first violinist of the orchestra at the
Paramount Theater. Later, he joined the orchestra of the radio station
WOR. Here, he initially served as first violinist, and later as a solo violinist and conductor.
Later life
After the death of the dictator
Juan Vicente Gómez
Juan Vicente Gómez Chacón (24 July 1857 – 17 December 1935) was a Venezuelan military general, Politician and ruler of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. He was president on three occasions during this time, ruling through puppe ...
, Brandt returned to
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, where he and his brother
Carlos Brandt, earned prestige due to their commitment to human rights.
Works
*Jesús aplaca la tormenta, 1898
*Marcha Triunfal, 1910
*Joropo en Concierto - for Violin
*Preludio for piano en fa menor
*Himno Panamericano, 1934
*Marcha Solemne
*Bolívar en el Panteón
*Dulce Ensueño
*Recuerdos de mi Tierra, waltz
*Canción de Cuna, waltz
*Tu partida, waltz
*Nocturne, waltz
*Desfile Militar, march
*Himno Bolivariano
*Súplica, waltz
*El adiós de las gaviotas, waltz
*Besos en mis sueños, waltz
*Adiós a las Gaviotas, Sonata-Fantasia - for Piano
References
Dao, Elias. Cronicas y Portenos. 1967
Cordido Roo, J.A. Tu Violin. 1908
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1892 births
1942 deaths
Venezuelan composers
Male composers
Venezuelan violinists
Male violinists
20th-century composers
20th-century violinists
20th-century male musicians