Biography
Fernando Lopes-Graça, GOSE, GCIH (17 December 1906 – 27 November 1994) was a Portuguese composer, conductor and musicologist.
Lopes-Graça was born in Tomar, and was influenced by Portuguese popular music, which he also studied, continuing the work of the composer and musicologist Francisco de Lacerda.
He was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and strenuously opposed the Estado Novo and its leader António de Oliveira Salazar.
He completed the Dicionário de Música (Dictionary of Music), started by his teacher, Tomás Borba, himself a composer. He died in Parede, near Cascais.
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GenderMale
Birthday1906-12-17
Deathday1994-11-27 (87 years old)
CitizenshipsPortugal
AwardsGrand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
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