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Alberto Ginastera
Argentine composer (–)
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| Born | Alberto Evaristo Ginastera ()April 11, Buenos Aires |
| Died | June 25, () (aged&#;67) Geneva |
| Era | 20th Century |
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Catalan pronunciation:[alˈβeɾtoeβaˈɾistodʒinaˈsteɾa]; April 11, &#;&#; June 25, ) was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires to a Spanish father and an Italian mother. During his later years, he preferred to use the Catalan and Italian pronunciation of his surname – IPA:[dʒinaˈsteːra], with an initial soft 'G' like that of English 'George' – rather than with a Spanish 'J' sound (IPA:[xinaˈsteɾa]).[2]
Ginastera studied at the Williams Conservatory in Buenos Aires, graduating in As a young professor, he taught at the Liceo Militar General San
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Alberto Evaristo Ginastera
Bibliographie
- Alberto Ginastera,catalogue [], introductions de Malena Kuss et Aurora Nátola-Ginastera, Boosey & Hawkes, , (lien vérifié en janvier ).
- Esteban BUCH, The Bomarzo Affair. musikdrama, perversión y dictadura, Buenos Aires, Adriana Hidalgo, ; en français : L’affaire Bomarzo. Opéra, perversion et dictature, Paris, EHESS, coll. « Cas de figure »,
- Esteban BUCH, « L’avant-garde musicale à Buenos Aires : Paz contra Ginastera », Circuit. Musiques contemporaines 17/2, Plein sud : avant-gardes musicales en Amérique latine au XXe siècle (J. Goldman éd.), , p.
- Aaron COPLAND, « The Composers of South America », Modern Music 19/2 (), p.
- Gilbert CHASE, « Ginastera, Alberto (Evaristo) », The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musiciens, Londres, vol. 7, , p.
- Malena KUSS, « Ginastera, Alberto », Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Kassel, , p.
- Malena KUSS, « Symbol und Phantasie in Ginasteras Bomarzo () », Friedrich SPANGEMACH
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Alberto Evaristo Ginastera () was - along with Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos - one of the leading names in 20th century Latin American music. Like Bartók and the famous Brazilian modernist, he was renowned for largely drawing on the national folk music heritage as a compositional element.
Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires of Catalonian and Italian parents. Beginning his music studies at a very early age, at twelve he entered the Williams Conservatory (former Buenos Aires Conservatory of Music). His further studies took place at the Superior National Conservatory of Music - where he studied piano, cello, composition and conducting. He then joined the Military Lyceum San Martín, as a young professor.
Ginastera's first compositions date from his early youth. The Piezas Infantiles for piano were written when he was 22, and won first prize in a competition. In , Ginastera joined the faculty of the National Conservatory in Argentina. In the following year he