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Mendes, Gilberto (1922–2016) By Bezerra, Márcio
DOI: 10.4324/9781135000356-REM1266-1
Published: 01/10/2016
Retrieved: 24 April 2024, from
https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/mendes-gilberto-1922-2016
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Gilberto Ambrósio Garcia Mendes was born in Santos (São Paulo state), on 13 October 1922. Despite his unorthodox musical career — he did not start to study music until the age of nineteen, and, in addition, worked in a bank until his retirement in 1975 — he has achieved wide recognition as one of the leading Brazilian composers of the present. He is a local pioneer in the fields of chance, concrète, and microtonal music, mixed media, and musical action.
