Helza Cameu | |
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Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | March 28, 1903
Died | 1995 |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Pianist |
Helza Cameu (March 28, 1903 – March 1995) was a Brazilian composer, pianist, musicologist, and author. Winning national competitions with her compositions, she worked as a musicologist at the National Museum, preserving indigenous music and cataloguing instruments. She also gave lectures at the National School of Music and was enrolled in the Brazilian Academy of Music in 1946.