Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Sketch
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1864 July 6 | Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil to Victor Augusto Nepomuceno (1840-1880) and wife Maria Virginia de Oliveira Paiva (1846-1892) |
| 1872 | Began studying piano and violin with his father |
| 1880 | Began studying harmony with Maestro Euclides Fonseca |
| 1881 | Studied philosophy and German with Professor Tobias Barreto |
| 1883 | Played violin in the Santa Isabel Opera House orchestra Joined the civic republican and abolitionist movement in Brazil |
| 1885 | Petitioned the Imperial Government for reactivation of his European scholarship rescinded due to his political activities Settled in Rio de Janeiro and toured Brazil with cellist Frederico Nascimento |
| 1886 | Started teaching piano at Club Beethoven Studied harmony with Miguel Cardozo |
| 1887 | Composed first works for piano, voice, and orchestra |
| 1888 May | Premiered first major composition, Dança de Negros (later Batuque ), for orchestra at the Club Iracema (Fortaleza) |
| 1889 | Enrolled at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome |
| 1890 August | Enrolled at the Akademische Meister Schulle in Berlin to study composition with Heinrich von Herzogenberg, a distinguished friend of Brahms |
| 1891 | Traveled to Vienna and attended concerts by Brahms and Hans von Bülow Studied with Theodor Lechetitzky and met Norwegian pianist Walborg Rendtler Bang, a pupil of Grieg and Nepomuceno's future wife |
| 1892 | Transferred to Berlin's Stern Conservatory to study composition and organ with Arnó Kleffel and piano with H. Ehrlich |
| 1893 July | Married Walborg Rendtler Bang and resided for a time at Grieg's home in Bergen |
| 1894 April | Nominated Professor of Organ "ad absentio" at the National Institute of Music (NIM) in Rio de Janeiro |
| 1894 | Attended Schola Cantorum's organ courses in Paris with Alexandre Guilmant and met Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Bordes, and Vincent D'Indy |
| 1895 July | Returned to Rio de Janeiro and gave a concert as pianist, organist, and conductor of his works at the NIM |
| 1896 | Nominated Professor of Composition at the NIM and conductor at the Associaçao dos Concertos Populares |
| 1897 August 1 | Conducted the premiere of his works Série Brasileira , Symphony in G minor , and As Uyáras at the NIM's Festival Alberto Nepomuceno |
| 1898 October 14 | First opera, Artemis , premiered at the Teatro São Pedro de Alcântara |
| 1902 July 12 | Nominated Director of NIM |
| 1904 October | Conducted the premiere of O Garatuja and welcomed Saint-Saëns to Brazil |
| 1908 | Organized and conducted a 26-concert series with premieres of French, Russian, and Brazilian works |
| 1909 | Requested the Brazilian National Congress create a government-funded national orchestra |
| 1910 | Traveled to Brussels, Geneva, and Paris on behalf of the government to conduct Brazilian music |
| 1913 June 30 | World premiere of Abul at the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires |
| 1915 April 15 | Attended European premiere of Abul at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome |
| 1916 | Made a Portuguese translation of Schönberg's Harmonielehre and introduced it to the NIM |
| 1919 | Conducted final concerts at the Teatro Municipal and introduced Heitor Villa-Lobos' works to the public |
| 1920 February | Asked editor to publish Villa-Lobos' works |
| 1920 June | Awarded the Gold Medal from King Albert of Belgium for his devotion to Belgian welfare during the war |
| 1920 September 23 | Richard Strauss conducted the Vienna Philharmonic's performance of Nepomucenos' O Garatuja |
| 1920 October 16 | Died in Rio de Janeiro |