Composers from South America (excl Brazil & Argentina)

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Lito: Seconded,
Gracias!
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Does anyone know if there's some Andean music transcribed for piano solo out there? I once heard about a collection of piano solo transcriptions of many folk pieces from the Cuzco region, but so far I've never come close to finding it. :(
"ʻO ke alehulā ia, a ʻo ke kemowi ʻakekelo,
Ua kalaʻai a kāpoʻopoʻo ma ka makie,
Ua malāoa nā pōkūkū,
A kūhīhō nā poʻakaina ʻāiʻa."
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Caro Mercuzio

1.
Astor Piazzolla is (was) an argentine composer (¿excl Brazil & Argentina?)
2.
Is under copyright!!!!
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lito valle wrote:Caro Mercuzio

1.
Astor Piazzolla is (was) an argentine composer (¿excl Brazil & Argentina?)
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Is under copyright!!!!
Oh sorry, I didn't understand that Brazil and Argentina were excluded. I will try to find the right thread to post.

About the copyright this piece has plenty of performances and different arrangements on Youtube (piano solo, voice, instruments etc.) so I don't think that my arrangement and performance can bother someone.
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Scriabinoff wrote:
Jean-Séb wrote:Thank you Scriabinoff, but actually, this link had already been given in this thread :
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=274&p=19001&hilit=markoff#p19001
But it was not as explicit as your message.
Many thanks and sincere apologies! I must not have searched it correctly on my end. I'll make a small edit and leave my reply since it has a few more keywords to make it easy for folks in the future to find with a standard query. I am glad this is/was known about, it's a nice little collection, that "Dominican Rhapsody" in particular looks very nice.
fyi I found someone who finally performed the Dominican Rhapsody after much chatter. Link will be in the youtube finds of the recording board 8-)
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on to Costa Rica, here's a rare gem from my collection:
includes - Los Colores,La Cenicienta, Los Numeros, Agua de Lluvia, La Muneca Rota, Labriegos y Soldados
8-)

short collection, two important figures:

MANUEL SEGURA MÉNDEZ [author, text]
(1895-1978)
short [google translate] bio
Segura Mendez Manuel.jpg

Manuel Segura Méndez was born in San José, in 1895. He studied in the schools of San José and carried out the secondary studies in the Lyceum of Costa Rica. He graduated in Philosophy and Letters. He married in Cartago with Mrs. Dolores Rodríguez and Rojas-Masís. From that marriage were born Manuel Arnoldo and Carlos Hernán. He lived for four years in Mexico and upon his return he held various government posts such as the Chief of the Ministry of Public Education and Chief of the Diplomatic Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also worked in journalism.
He wrote several biographies, such as Melico, 1965 and Poetry in Costa Rica: 1965 (reprint) and Costa Rican school theater .

José Daniel Zúñiga Zeledón [composer, music]
Birthdate:
24 May 1889
Date of death:
November 23, 1981
[google translate] bio from the music historical archive at the University of Costa Rica:
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José Daniel Zúñiga, the village musician, the everyday poet, the defender of just causes, the everlasting teacher, the loving father, the gracious grandfather ... the exemplary citizen. He was born in San José on May 24, 1889 in the family formed by Francisco Zúñiga Molina and Dolores Zeledón Gutiérrez. He grew up in a family environment with a deep artistic roots, being the first brother of Costa Rican artists of great renown, such as Aquileo Echeverría Zeledón, Marcelina González Zeledón and Manuel González Zeledón (Magón).

José Daniel received his first violin at Christmas 1894, when he was only five years and with the support of a neighbor, Emilio León, was almost immediately play his first tune, El Torito . Then Don Emilio would become the first violin master of José Daniel, who was soon sought by his neighbors to delight them with his tender way of embroidering the melodies on his little violin.

From 1895 to 1901 he completed his primary studies at the Juan Rudín School. The secondary education was done in the Lyceum of Costa Rica, where it was from 1902 to 1904, year in which it decides not to continue his studies in that house of education to focus all its potentialities to the study of the music. His musical studies began them in 1897 in the School Santa Cecilia of the teacher JJ Vargas Calvo; Where he was a violin student of Alfredo Morales Fernández and Ismael Cardona. In 1909 he concludes with his musical studies and receives the certificate of suitability for the teaching of music.

His first job as a music teacher was in 1910 at the Mauro Fernández School in Cartago. However, this first work experience was overshadowed by the earthquake of May 4 in which the city of Carthage was devastated and a large number of buildings were destroyed or suffered great damage, including that of the Mauro Fernandez School. It is for this reason that the government proposes to José Daniel to continue turning the money for his services as teacher, to which the young Zúñiga refuses to receive payment for an unrealized service and decides to return to San José to take a job In the Hardware Macaya.

In 1911 he is appointed as a music teacher in schools in the city of Puntarenas where he remained until 1916. During this period, besides working as a teacher for the government, he also founded a music school and formed a small orchestra. During his stay in the city of Puntarenas he met his first wife, Melida Rosales High, with whom he married in 1913 and would have 5 children. Importantly , in Puntarenas is where Jose Daniel composed in 1911, his first song titled Snail . Also this year composes the songs The Grillito Malo-El Niño and the Bee, drawing, and Ideal Granite corn .

In 1921 composed school songs The Water Lilies and Moon Nights . In addition, she returns to San José this year to work in the Methodist School and the School of Miss. Due to the acceptance of the pension of JJ Vargas Calvo, in 1927 he was appointed Technical Director of Music of the Ministry of Education. During his tenure as Technical Director, he implemented a national plan that consisted of training and certifying by conducting examinations of suitability for teachers of musical education, from 50 teachers of music to 150 at the end of their work. In addition, the plan was to implement choral auditions and bring the development of the same to the whole country, so he did not deny having to travel himself throughout the national territory. In addition, it is important to note that this year he is part of the Symphony Orchestra of Loots and performs with this orchestra a trip to Mexico.

In 1924 he made a trip to Peru where he was part of the Lima Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in this country.

In 1928 he is part of the group of Costa Rican musicians called by Luis Dobles Segreda to find the national musical identity, so he is commissioned along with Julio Fonseca and Roberto Cantillano to travel to Guanacaste to perform a research and compilation of the music of that zone. As a result of the trip to Guanacaste in 1929 published the "Collection of dances from the Guanacaste province ."

In 1933 he published the book " School Songs" . This book was published in the National Printing, becoming at that time one of the best editions made in our country. In addition the first edition of "is performed What is sung in Costa Rica" , which immediately becomes textbook of the Ministry of Education.

In 1935 performs the second edition of " What is sung in Costa Rica." Also edit the collection of songs "Four National Songs" . It also publishes the " Third brochure Creole Music. Collection of songs and dances ".

In 1939, after 30 years of service, he decided to take up the pension. Due to this the 6 of May of 1939 is realized a cultural act in honor of the teacher Zúñiga, act realized in what was the stage of the Liceo of Misses. Also in this year's "collection is published Album of the Fatherland". Also this year he is part of the National Symphony Orchestra founded by Hugo Mariani.

In 1975 he was awarded the National Music Award Aquileo Echeverría in music.

José Daniel Zúñiga composed 326 works, most of them children's school songs, wrote about 185. He also wrote 31 typical and popular pieces, the best known being Caña Dulce, Auroral and Prayer of Duel. 15 Songs of cradle, 14 of them written to each one of its 14 grandchildren; 13 religious songs, 57 hymns of schools and colleges, and institutions such as the Fire Department and an Hymn to Columbus, famous in its time. He also composed about 25 instrumental works in rhythms such as waltzes, tangos, foxes and corridors.

Posthumous acknowledgments:

On March 30, 1984 a stamp with the photograph of the composer goes on sale.

In 1989, the auditorium of the Association of Pensioners Educators (ADEP) in San José was baptized with the

Name of José Daniel Zúñiga Zeledón.

In 2002 he joined the permanent gallery of Costa Rican composers and authors of the Association of

Composers and Musical Authors of Costa Rica (ACAM)


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I found a link about Armando Carvajal Quiroz at the University of Chile:
http://www.uchile.cl/portal/presentacio ... jal-quiroz

It is available one of his piano compositions: “Cuatro Piezas para Niño” (sic). There are interesting musical concepts (e.g. “Tristeza”:“Sadness“).
Your comments will be much appreciated.

Enjoy!

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Thanks, Ilu.
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Jean-Séb wrote:Thanks, Ilu.
You are welcome.

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