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César Guerra-Peixe
Person · male · Brazil · Petrópolis · born 1914 · died 1993 · recording since 2022
Brazilian musician (1914–1993)
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Also known as Guerra Peixe · セザル・ゲーハ=ペイシェ
Timeline
8 events▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1910s
1990s
2020s
· Debut release
Debut release: O Violão de Guerra-Peixe
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: A retirada da Laguna / Violin Concertino / Museu da inconfidência
Album
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Biography
English biography281 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1367810808
Biography
César Guerra-Peixe (March 18, 1914 – November 26, 1993) was a Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor.
Biography
Guerra-Peixe was born in Petrópolis, son of Portuguese immigrants with Romani origins. Throughout his lifetime, Guerra-Peixe held numerous positions playing in orchestras and working as a composer and arranger in the production of radio broadcasts, recording, films, and cultural documentaries. His music can be heard in many Brazilian films, such as Terra é Sempre Terra, O Canto do Mar, Quero Essa Mulher Tanto Assim, Riacho de Sangue, Meu Nome é Lampião, and Soledade.
Although he strongly embraced serialist techniques through his compositional studies with Koellreutter, Guerra-Peixe took a strong interest in northeastern Brazilian traditional music and culture and integrated elements of Brazilian nationalism to varying degrees in his compositions. While living in Recife, Guerra-Peixe conducted field work on traditional Brazilian music and culture, and he published numerous articles based on his research in the Revista Brasileira de Folclore. He is particularly well known for his lifelong dedication and contributions to the research and promotion of Brazilian culture.
The Concertino for Violin and Orchestra is a virtuosic work for violin inspired by the sonorities of the rabeca (Brazilian folk fiddle) and re-contextualized for the classical violin. In northeastern Brazilian culture, the rabeca is used to accompany an array of traditional dance forms, folkloric ensembles, and street plays. The Concertino utilizes the full technical capabilities of the violin while reflecting the rhythmic and modal sonorities of the rabeca in an orchestral atmosphere that recalls the traditional music and culture of the Brazilian northeast.
As an ethnomusicologist, he wrote an important book Os Maracatus do Recife (1955, second edition 1980) on maracatu.
He died in Rio de Janeiro.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -29 | 7.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 44 tracks · 1:07:48
1Sonata para violão: I Allegro5:562Sonata para violão: II Larghetto3:433Sonata para violão: III Vivacissimo4:294Breves I: 1. Prelúdio alegre0:455Breves I: 2. Breve cantiga0:446Breves I: 3. Em cinco tempos0:387Breves II: 1. Ligaduras0:458Breves II: 2. Harmônicos naturais0:399Breves II: 3. Arpejando0:4010Breves III: 1. Quatro ligadas0:3911Breves III: 2. Imperial1:1312Breves III: 3. Repetidas0:4513Breves IV: 1. Uníssono0:5114Breves IV: 2. Segundas1:0515Breves IV: 3. Terças0:3816Breves V: 1. Quartas0:4317Breves V: 2. Quintas1:0218Breves V: 3. Sextas0:4019Breves VI: 1. Sétimas0:4620Breves VI: 2. Oitavas0:5721Breves VI: 3. Sucessivas0:4822Caderno de Mariza: I. Entrada0:3423Caderno de Mariza: II. Violão a bordo1:2924Caderno de Mariza: III. Caprichosa0:5325Caderno de Mariza: IV. Menino da congada0:4126Ludicas Nº1 Fantasieta1:3227Ludicas Nº2 Dança Negra1:2828Ludicas Nº3 Organum Acompanhado1:1929Ludicas Nº4 Berimbau2:1630Ludicas Nº5 Modinha1:3031Ludicas Nº6 Ponteado com Ligaduras1:0132Ludicas Nº7 Diálogo2:0333Ludicas Nº8 Diferencias Brasilenas2:0634Ludicas Nº9 Notas Repetidas1:5135Ludicas Nº10 Urbana3:2536Peixinhos da Guiné2:0037Suite: I. Ponteado1:2538Suite: II. Acalanto2:2939Suite: III. Choro1:2740Prelúdio Nº11:5341Prelúdio Nº21:3542Prelúdio Nº32:2743Prelúdio Nº41:3944Prelúdio Nº52:19Symphonic Suites nos. 1 & 2 / Roda de amigos
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:27
1Symphonic Suite no. 1 "Paulista": I. Cateretê5:052Symphonic Suite no. 1 "Paulista": II. Jongo6:343Symphonic Suite no. 1 "Paulista": III. Recomenda de almas6:504Symphonic Suite no. 1 "Paulista": IV. Tambu6:575Roda de amigos: I. O rabugento2:476Roda de amigos: II. O teimoso2:387Roda de amigos: III. O melancólico3:548Roda de amigos: IV. O travesso4:599Symphonic Suite no. 2 "Pernambucana": I. Maracatu4:1410Symphonic Suite no. 2 "Pernambucana": II. Dança de cabocolinhos4:0211Symphonic Suite no. 2 "Pernambucana": III. Aboiado7:2512Symphonic Suite no. 2 "Pernambucana": IV. Frevo3:02A retirada da Laguna / Violin Concertino / Museu da inconfidência
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:11:49
1A retirada da Laguna: I. Partida para os campos3:412A retirada da Laguna: II. Pantanais8:013A retirada da Laguna: III. Alegria em Nioaque3:294A retirada da Laguna: IV. Laguna4:155A retirada da Laguna: V. Uma noite calma5:086A retirada da Laguna: VI. Incêndio, depois o temporal2:447A retirada da Laguna: VII. Esperança no campo das cruzes3:028A retirada da Laguna: VIII. A morte do guia Lopes4:179A retirada da Laguna: IX. Regresso pacífico4:1110A retirada da Laguna: X. Canção à fraternidade universal2:4111Violin Concertino: I. Allegro comodo5:1812Violin Concertino: II. Andantino3:0913Violin Concertino: III. Allegro un poco vivo4:3314Museu da inconfidência: I. Entrada1:5915Museu da inconfidência: II. Cadeira de arruar3:3116Museu da inconfidência: III. Panteão dos inconfidentes6:3817Museu da inconfidência: IV. Restos de um reinado negro5:122025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:24
1Violin Sonata no. 1: I. Allegro moderato9:232Violin Sonata no. 1: II. Andante con moto7:563Violin Sonata no. 1: III. Allegro5:174Violin Sonata no. 2: I. Allegro comodo4:195Violin Sonata no. 2: II. Recitativo2:586Violin Sonata no. 2: III. Scherzoso5:007Três Peças: I. Allegretto moderato – Baião de viola1:128Três Peças : II. Andantino – Reza‐de‐defunto2:219Três Peças: III. Allegretto – Toque jêje3:1310Música: I. Largo2:3111Música: II. Allegro5:14Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 "Brasília" / Nonet
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:12:43
1Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro7:392Symphony no. 1: II. Largo4:413Symphony no. 1: III. Vivacissimo6:524Nonet: I. Allegro4:255Nonet: II. Lento3:156Nonet: III. Vivace4:037Symphony no. 2 "Brasília": I. Allegro ma non troppo: O candango em sua terra – Tempo I: A caminho do Planalto – Moderato: Recordações que o acompanham – Chegada alegre15:248Symphony no. 2 "Brasília": II. Presto: Trabalho6:349Symphony no. 2 "Brasília": III. Andante: Elegia para o ausente6:5910Symphony no. 2 "Brasília": IV. Allegro con moto: Manhã de domingo – Allegretto: Tarde infantil – Andante: Desce a noite – Presto: Volta ao trabalho – Moderato: Inauguração da cidade – Allegro ma non troppo: Apoteose12:51
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put César Guerra-Peixe head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -29 | 7.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0df688cd-d82e-4f94-bb28-12c5badd739adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0df688cd-d82e-4f94-bb28-12c5badd739acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150729genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150729seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Guerra-Peixebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Guerra-Peixe
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Brazilian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1150729 · MusicBrainz: 0df688cd-d82e-4f94-bb28-12c5badd739a
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