Henrique Oswald 1852-1931

[giles.enders]

Henrique Jose Pedro Maria Carlos Oswald  Born 14 April 1852 Rio de Janeiro   Died 8 June 1931 Rio de Janeiro

His father was Swiss and his mother Italian.  His father changed the family surname from Oschwald.  He was initially taught music by his piano teacher mother and later with Gabriel Giraudon before leaving for Florence in 1868 to continue his studies.  He stayed there until 1894.

Orchestral

Symphony  Op.43  1910
Sinfonietta  Op.27
Suite for orchestra  1883
Festa  1885
Piano Concerto  Op.10  1888
Piano Concerto  Op.28  both this and a string trio are quoted by different sources with the same opus number *
Andante and variations for piano and strings
Violin Concerto

Chamber

Piano Quintet in C  Op.18  1887
Piano Quartet  Op.26
Piano Trio  Op.9  1884
Piano Trio  Op.28  1897  *
Piano Trio  Op. 45  1916
'Serrana' Piano Trio  1927
String Quartet Op.17
String Quartet  Op.18
String Qiuartet in E flat major  Op.39
String Quartet Op.46
Violin Sonata  Op.36  *
Canta elegacio for violin and piano
Cello Sonata Op.21
Sonata-fantasia for cello and piano  Op.64
Elegia for cello and piano in F sharp minor 1896  pub. by E Bevilacqua & Cia

Piano

Machiette twelve pieces.  Op.2   pub. by Genesio Venturini, Florence
Six Pagine d'album  Op.3   pub. by Genesio Venturini, Florence
Six piano pieces  Op.4   pub. by Genesio Venturini, Florence
Il Niege (It is snowing)  1902  Op.5   pub by E Bevilacqua & Cia  won the Le Figaro competition
Two Nocturnes  Op.6   
Six piano pieces - Berceuse, Mazurka, Tarantella, Barcarolla, Noturno, Scherzo.  Op.14   pub. by Ricordi
Seven miniatures  Op.16  1896   pub. by E Bevilacqua & Cia
Four Feuilles d'album - Inquietude, Chansonette, Feaux follets, Desir Ardent.  Op.20
Three morceaux - Menuet, Romanza, Waltz.  Op.23   pub. by Felipe Sarro
Album- Sur la Plage, L'idylle, Pierrot.  Op.33  1905  pub. by E Bevilacqua & Cia
Polonaise in E major  Op.34   pub. by E Bevilacqua & Cia
Album- Bebe's s'endort, Pierrot se meurt, Chauve sourris. Op.36  *   both this and violin sonata are given as Op.36 by different sources?
Six variations sobre um tema de Barroso Netto
Un reve  1922
Three etudes  Op.42   pub. by E Bevilacqua & Cia
Valse lenta  Op.posth.

Song

Five songs words by Solone Monti  pub. by Genesio Venturini  1901

Organ

Fughetta, praludium and fugue for organ  1932
Aria   pub. by Maurice Senart 1914

Vocal

Magnificat for four Frauenst, a capella
Messa de Requiem
Messa  for organ and orchestra
Te Deum for choir and orchestra

Opera

La Croce d'Ora  1872
Il Neo  1900
Le Fate  1902

[Ilja]

There is a performance of Oswald's Piano Concerto Op. 10 on Youtube, in an adaptation for piano and string quartet with added double bass:

1st Mvt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fblCzvvEteA and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Vrcy-ZSd0
2nd Mvt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJZ-bsDKXI
3rd Mvt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nX7bLenmvc

[Mark Thomas]

Ah, well done, Ilja!

[Gareth Vaughan]

It's very beautiful. I wonder what MSS of his survive and where they are. Somewhere in South America, I suispect.

[eschiss1]

A search reveals an auction (past - it was sold to someone in March 2011) for the ms of a 1918 concertante work of his at a site called worthpoint.com, now you mention that. The andante and variations for piano and strings (and orchestra, on the page... hrm.)

Also, according to another site,

"A large number of the compositor's piano pieces remain unpublished. The original manuscripts may be found at the Music Department at the University of Sao Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo – USP)"...

[mikehopf]

From the P.Q.P.Bach website, you can download some great Oswald works including :

Symphony Op.43
Andante & Variations for Piano & Orchestra
Piano Quartet Op.26
Piano Quintet Op.18
Piano Concerto
Sonata Fantasy
Works for Cello & Piano
Various Piano Pieces

From a now defunct website, I also have his Requiem + Motets.

Alan is always warning me of the dangers of using these blogs but the treasures obtained are well worth the occasional expense of virus removals

[mikehopf]

There are also several CDs of Oswald's piano pieces available together with his Violin Sonata Op.36 on the Dynamic label and Estudio-Scherzo in Bbm for String Quartet on Chandos.

[Alan Howe]

Alan is always warning me of the dangers of using these blogs but the treasures obtained are well worth the occasional expense of virus removals

Consider yourself duly re-warned!

[eschiss1]

By the way Felipe Sarro has played some works by Oswald (some of which can now also be downloaded from IMSLP.)

[mikehopf]

Sorry, Alan, but I can resist everything except temptation...

Oswald's Elegia for Orchestra is now downloadable from the PQP Bach website.

Well worth the risk!

[jerfilm]

Short but quite lovely.  Thanks, Mike, for the tip.  Also the Miguez Prometheu on the same program.....

Jerry

[Rob H]

His Piano Concerto of 1890 was broadcast on radio 3 yesterday played by Artur Pizarro and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Brabbins. It was announced as his tenth piano concerto and it says no. 10 on the website but they may have a typo.
Here is the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046cqps

On Friday the same forces are playing the 1st Piano Concerto by Alfredo Napoleão (E flat minor, op31).

Here is the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046crsv

Can we assume that this is a future Hyperion RPC release?
Rob

[giles.enders]

Yes !

[eschiss1]

... wait.. .that's a -very- interesting program from this past Friday... and not just for the Napoleão. ... Thanks for mentioning it, I'll make a point of catching it before next Friday (say, now.)

[FBerwald]

Dear giles.enders, How sure are you about the concerto Op. 28? I can see no mention of it on his website http://www.oswald.com.br/site2010/catalogo1.htm There is an Andante e Variações mentioned under Piano and Orchestra. Is this another Goldmark Concerto No. 2?