- Alexandre Gnattali, Radamés’ father, dies in Porto Alegre (RS), at age 66.
Alexandre Gnattali, piano teacher, bassoonist and conductor. Read more at > photos > roots
- Quando fala Radamés Gnattali, by Miguel Curi, for the newspaper A Noite (RJ).
Read the complete interview in Clippings- On April 26, the BBC broadcasts the radio program The Voice of London featuring a recital by New Zealand pianist Esther Fisher, who performs the
Brazilian Rhapsody
(1930) by Radamés. - On May 26, at Escola de Música do Rio de Janeiro it is performed the Suite for Small Orchestra (1940) by Radamés Gnattali by the PROMUSICA Orchestra, conducted by Edoardo de Guarnieri.
Diário de Notícias – Pro-Music Society
Folhetim do Jornal do Commercio (RJ) – Through the world of music, by Andrade Muricy.
- On July 4, maestro Edoardo de Guarnieri conducts the
Suite for Small Orchestra
(1940) at Estudio Auditório S.O.D.R.E, in Montevideo (Uruguay); the work is warmly received by the public and critics. - Radamés composes:
- Concertino for piano, string orchestra and flute – dedicated to the pianist Tomás Terán.
- Miniature Symphony [1] (unlocated work)
- The composer and singer Paulinho da Viola (Paulo César Batista Faria) is born in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). He pays tribute to Radamés, in 1978, with the choro Sarau para Radamés. In return, Radamés composed
Thanks Paulinho
.
- The Minister of Education and Health Gustavo Capanema creates the National Conservatory of Choral Singing, idealized by Villa-Lobos, with the function of disseminating music teaching throughout the public school system in the Federal District.
- The cruzeiro is instituted as the new Brazilian currency to replace the mil-réis.
- After having ships torpedoed off the northeast coast, Brazil declares war on the Axis forces (Germany, Italy, and Japan).
- The first plant of the American soft drink Coca-Cola is installed in Brazil, in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão (RJ).
