Maria Luisa de Matos Priolli (24 May 1915 - 2000) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, music educator, and pianist, who produced works through at least opus 21 as well as three textbooks.
Matos Priolli was born in Rio de Janeiro, where she began her music studies with her mother. Later, she studied at the Instituto Nacional de Musica in Rio de Janeiro and at Trinity College of Music (today the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance) in London, where she obtained a teacher's diploma. Her teachers included Granville Bantock, William Chatermann, Agnelo Franca, Francisco Mignone, Joao Otaviano, Mary Alice Rumley, and Paulo Silva.
In 1937, Matos Priolli began teaching at the Instituto Nacional de Musica, eventually becoming its director from 1976 to 1980. She belonged to the Women's Academy of Letters and Arts of Rio de Janeiro. Her works included:
Books
Basic Principles of Music for Youth
Melodic and Progressive Solfèges (two volumes)
Ornament Execution by Rhythmic Unit
Chamber
String Quartet in F Major
Three Studies (violin)
Trio in G Major
Orchestra
Concerto in c minor for piano and orchestra
Organ
Fugue
Piano
Caprice Serenade
Carioca Lundu
Children's Rounds No. 1 and 2
Fugue and Postlude
Sonata, opus 21
Vocal
Alleluia (four voices) Ave Maria (traditional text)
Christmas Gift (text by anonymous/unidentified)
Festival Mass (two voices)
Inquietude (text by anonymous/unidentified)
Longing (text by anonymous/unidentified)
Presence (text by anonymous/unidentified)
Sanctus (four voices)
References
External links
Listen to music by Maria Luisa de Matos Priolli