Elias Álvares Lobo (9 August 1834 – 15 December 1901) was a Brazilian composer. Lobo was born in Itu, Brazil. He wrote the first Brazilian

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in the

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, '' A Noite de São João'' (Saint John's Party Night).

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1834 births 1901 deaths Brazilian classical composers Brazilian male composers Romantic composers Brazilian opera composers Place of death missing Brazilian male classical composers People from Itu, São Paulo 19th-century Brazilian male musicians 20th-century Brazilian male musicians {{Brazil-composer-stub