Maria Georgina Araújo de Olinda Régis de Oliveira (April 3, 1890 – 1960) was a Brazilian composer and singer. Born in

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, Araujo traveled to

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to study voice; her teachers there included

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, and

André Gedalge André Gedalge (27 December 1856 – 5 February 1926) was a French composer and teacher. Biography André Gedalge was born at 75 rue des Saints-Pères in Paris where he first worked as a bookseller and editor, specialising in ''livres de prix' ...

. As a composer she wrote piano pieces and songs, as well as some larger-scale works for orchestra. She was married to the diplomat

Raul Régis de Oliveira Raul Régis de Oliveira (Paris, — Rio de Janeiro, ) was a Brazilian diplomat. Early life Son of diplomat Francisco Régis de Oliveira, attaché to the Brazilian embassy in France, and Amélia Régis de Oliveira. His father was ambassador to t ...

, upon whose death she composed a

requiem mass A Requiem (Latin: ''rest'') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead () or Mass of the dead (), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is u ...

.Gina de Araújo Régis de Oliveira
''Requiem Survey''. She died in the city of her birth.

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1890 births 1960 deaths Brazilian women classical composers 20th-century Brazilian classical composers 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Pupils of Jules Massenet 20th-century Brazilian women composers {{Brazil-composer-stub