DmitryShostakovich

Dmitry Shostakovich, in full Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, (born Sept. 12 [Sept. 25, New Style], 1906, St. Petersburg , Russia—died Aug. 9, 1975, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russian composer, renowned particularly for his 15 symphonies, numerous chamber works, and concerti, many of them written under the pressures of government-imposed standards of Soviet art.

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Dilermando Reis

 

Dilermando Reis (full name “Dilermando dos Santos Reis”) born on 22nd September 1916 at São Paulo, Brazil and died on 2nd January 1977 at Rio de Janeiro. He was a Brazilian musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher.

Dilermando Reis is an icon of the Brazilian violão (guitar). His anachronistic style of playing and composing — fully romantic, plangent — is still regarded sentimentally by many today. In his vast discography (he recorded until two years before his death at 61), his love for the past was responsible for the rediscovery of the great composer João Pernambuco . With a gap of several decades since Pernambuco’s death.