Composers

He studied piano at the Madrid Royal Conservatory and gave his first performance in Lisbon in 1881. Pedro Eugénio Daupias, 1º Visconde de Daupias (Count of Daupias) was present and so impressed that he offered Colaço a trip to Paris to continue his musical education. From there he moved on to Berlin to study at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik under Barth and Rudorff (piano) and Harertel and Bargiel (composition). Due to his outstanding talent, he was invited to teach piano at this school, whose director was the famous violinist Joseph Joachim, a great friend of Schumann and Brahms. In 1887, Colaço returned to Lisbon and became a Portuguese citizen. He was appointed piano professor at the Conservatory of Music and contributed largely to the cultural activities of this country as a performer, pedagogue and composer. He taught music to the young Portuguese Prince D. Manuel (later Manuel II of Portugal) His works are among the first to incorporate popular themes of a Portuguese national character. These works include pieces for the piano: the collection of Fados, the reference point of his personal creative style, Bailarico, Jota, Malagueña and Pequenas Peças; for piano and voice: Cantigas de Portugal. He also wrote a book, De Música, a consequence of his experience and reflections about musical art. EXTERNAL LINKS Wikipedia

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Local	Town	Country	Performer(s)	Notes	Invisible Column
Passatempo	Premiere	~ 1941			Lisbon	Portugal		Notes	"Verde Gaio" Dance Company Francis (choreography) Thomaz de Mello [Tom] (sceneries)
"Verde Gaio" Dance Company Francis (choreography) Thomaz de Mello [Tom] (sceneries)

	Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
	Audio Music	SEVERA – o fado de um fado Ana Barros, soprano Bruno Belthoise, piano  Fado n.° 6 · música de Alexandre Rey Colaço		Alexandre Rey Colaço Bruno Belthoise	MPMP – Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa	2015 2015
	Audio Music	SEVERA – o fado de um fado Ana Barros, soprano Bruno Belthoise, piano  Fado n.° 7 · música de Alexandre Rey Colaço		Alexandre Rey Colaço Bruno Belthoise	MPMP – Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa	2015 2015
	Texts Article	Arte Musical III Série - nº 11-12  Alexandre Rey Colaço	Leonardo de Castro Freire	Alexandre Rey Colaço	Juventude Musical Portuguesa	1960
	Texts Article	Direcção de Salwa Castelo-Branco Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX  Colaço, Alexandre Rey	Teresa Cascudo	Alexandre Rey Colaço	Circulo de Leitores	2010 2010