Background
Guerra-Peixe was born in Petrópolis, son of Portuguese immigrants with Romani origins.
composer conductor ethnomusicologist
Guerra-Peixe was born in Petrópolis, son of Portuguese immigrants with Romani origins.
His music can be heard in many Brazilian films, such as Terra é Sempre Terra, O Canto do March, Quero Essa Mulher Tanto Assim, Riacho de Sangue, Meu Nome é Lampião, and Soledade. During his late years he worked as professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais where he helped to form a new generation of Brazilian arrangers. As an ethnomusicologist, he wrote an important book Os Maracatus do Recife (1955, second edition 1980) on Maracatu.
He died in Rio de Janeiro.