Background
REPUBLICANO, Antonio de Assis was born in 1897 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
REPUBLICANO, Antonio de Assis was born in 1897 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated in Porto Alegre, later in school of music, University do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
Professor, school of music, University do Brasil. Composer: Ubirajara, symphonic poem, 1921. O Bandeirante (libretto by Silveira Neto), opera first produced in Rio de Janeiro, 1925: A Natividade de Jesus, opera (libretto by Alfonso Celso), 1937.
As Amazonas, opera (libretto by Teodorico de Almeida). O Ermitáo da Gloria, opera. Has also written a concerto for violoncello and orchestra, and a symphony for orchestra, chorus and military band.