11/07/1836, Campinas, São Paulo Province, Brazil - 16/09/1896 г. (60 лет), Belem, Para, Brazil
The first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe. He was the only non-European who was successful as an opera composer in Italy, during the "golden age of opera", contemporary to Verdi and Puccini and the first composer of non-European lineage to be accepted into the Classic tradition of music. Besides his eight operas, he composed songs (3 books), choruses, and piano pieces.