Maria Matos Priolli

'''Maria Luisa de Matos Priolli''' (24 May 1915 - 2000)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Priolli, Maria Luiza {{!}} Komponistinnen.org |url=https://komponistinnen.org/artists/priolli-maria-luiza/ |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=komponistinnen.org}}</ref> was a Brazilian composer, conductor, music educator, and pianist, who produced works through at least opus 21 as well as three textbooks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music USA |isbn=978-0-9617485-1-7 |pages=563-564 |language=en}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heinrich |first=Adel |title=Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog |date=1991 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-26802-1 |series=Music reference collection |location=New York |pages=313}}</ref> Her teachers included Granville Bantock,<ref name=":0" /> William Chatermann, Agnelo Franca, Francisco Mignone, Joao Otaviano, Mary Alice Rumley, and Paulo Silva.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Ficher |first=Miguel |title=Latin American classical composers: a biographical dictionary |last2=Schleifer |first2=Martha Furman |last3=Furman |first3=John M. |date=2002 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-4517-6 |location=Lanham, Md |pages=355-356}}</ref>

In 1937, Matos Priolli began teaching at the Instituto Nacional de Musica, eventually becoming its director from 1976 to 1980.<ref name=":0" /> She belonged to the Women's Academy of Letters and Arts of Rio de Janeiro.<ref name=":2" /> Her works included:

== Books ==

*Basic Principles of Music for Youth<ref name=":0" />

*Melodic and Progressive Solfèges (two volumes)<ref name=":0" />

*Ornament Execution by Rhythmic Unit<ref name=":1" />

== Chamber ==

*String Quartet in F Major<ref name=":1" />

*Three Studies (violin)<ref name=":1" />

*Trio in G Major<ref name=":1" />

== Orchestra ==

*Concerto in c minor for piano and orchestra<ref name=":2" />

== Organ ==

*Fugue<ref name=":1" />

== Piano ==

*Caprice Serenade<ref name=":1" />

*Carioca Lundu<ref name=":1" />

*Children's Rounds No. 1 and 2<ref name=":1" />

*Fugue and Postlude<ref name=":1" />

*Sonata, opus 21<ref name=":1" />

== Vocal ==

*Alleluia (four voices)<ref name=":1" /> *Ave Maria (traditional text)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Maria Luisa de Matos Priolli Song Texts {{!}} LiederNet |url=https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=20362 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=www.lieder.net}}</ref>

*Christmas Gift (text by anonymous/unidentified)<ref name=":3" />

*Festival Mass (two voices)<ref name=":1" />

*Inquietude (text by anonymous/unidentified)<ref name=":3" />

*Longing (text by anonymous/unidentified)<ref name=":3" />

*Presence (text by anonymous/unidentified)<ref name=":3" />

*Sanctus (four voices)<ref name=":1" />

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=maria+luisa+de+matos+priolli Listen to music by Maria Luisa de Matos Priolli]

Category:Brazilian women composers Category:Brazilian music educators Category:String quartet composers Category:1915 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Brazilian women writers Category:People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Alumni of Trinity College of Music