Hilda Pires dos Reis (10 October 1919 - 2001 )[1][2] was a Brazilian composer, conductor, educator and pianist.[3]

Pires dos Reis was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Narciza Aires dos Reis Pires and Antonio Joaquim Pires.[3] At the age of 10 she began studying at the National Institute of Music in Rio de Janeiro. Her teachers included Vera Vasconcelos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Francisco Braga,[4] Guilherme Fontainha,[5] Arnaud Gouveia, Francisco Mignone, and Paulo Silva.[1][6]She earned a doctorate in conducting and piano from the School of Music of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EMUFRJ) and later became a professor and head of the composition department there. She also taught piano at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music in Rio de Janeiro.[7] Her students included the Brazilian composer and violinist Guilherme Carneiro da Cunha Bauer.[1]

Works

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Pires dos Reis’s works include:

Chamber works

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  • Brazilian Serenade for double bass and piano[8]
  • Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano[9]
  • String Quartet No. 1[10]
  • Valsa Seresta for bassoon and piano[11]

Orchestral works

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  • Bailado dos Gigantes da Botas[1]
  • Introducao e Modinha[1]
  • O Navio Aventureiro[1]
  • Spanish Fantasy[1]

Piano works

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Vocal works

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  • “Eu Te Quis Tanto”[12]
  • “Tristezas de Amor”[12]
  • “Via-láctea”[12]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ficher, Miguel; Schleifer, Martha Furman; Furman, John M. (2002-10-16). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 64, 444. ISBN 979-8-216-28517-5.
  2. "DOS REIS, Hilda Pires". Donne, Women in Music. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. 1 2 Artes, Cenáculo Brasileiro de Letras e (1974). Anais do Cenáculo Brasileiro de Letras e Artes (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cenáculo Brasileiro de Letras e Artes.
  4. Hollanda, Heloísa Buarque de; Araújo, Lucia Nascimento (1993). Ensaístas brasileiras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rocco. ISBN 978-85-325-0423-4.
  5. Pagamo, Edméa Ramos/leticia (2020-02-21). Dicionário De Compositores, Regentes E Instrumentista (in Brazilian Portuguese). Clube de Autores. ISBN 978-85-7138-210-7.
  6. Éditions Des Femmes - Antoinette Fouque. "Hilda REIS - Dictionnaire créatrices". www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2025-04-14. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  7. Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog. Music reference collection. New York: Greenwood Press. pp. 322, 355. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  8. Bass World: The Journal of the International Society of Bassists. The Society. 2003.
  9. Marcano, Germán (2001). A Catalog of Cello Music by Latin American Composers. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
  10. Enciclopédia da música brasileira: erudita, folclórica, popular (in Brazilian Portuguese). Art Editora. 1977. p. 1085.
  11. Valsa Seresta For Bassoon And Piano By Hilda Pires Dos Reis, retrieved 2025-10-08
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hilda Pires dos Reis Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2025-10-08.