Ginastera, Alberto 1916 - 1983
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Born in Buenos Aires in 1916. In 1928, he enrolled at the Williams Conservatory, where he studied music theory, solfège, piano, harmony, and composition. From 1936, at the National Conservatory, he studied harmony with Palma, and counterpoint and fugue with Gil and André. In 1937, he gained fame with his ballet music Panambi. In 1945, he traveled to the United States, where he gave concerts of his own compositions and also taught aspiring composers. In 1961, an impressive work (work title to be specified) premiered at the Second Inter-American Music Festival, further enhancing his reputation. Subsequently, he received numerous commissions from the United States and influenced young Latin American musicians.
His compositional style can be classified into three periods. In the works of his first period (Objective Nationalism), while conscious of Argentina's climate and national character, he did not directly employ folk melodies or rhythms. In the second period (Subjective Nationalism), conversely to the first, he actively incorporated the rhythms and melodies of his homeland as elements of musical expression. The expressive methods of this period can be observed in his Piano Sonata No. 1 from 1952. In the third period (Neo-Expressionism), he incorporated twelve-tone technique and experimented with polytonality, microtonal complexes, and aleatoric methods.
In addition to piano works, his compositions include ballets, concertos, chamber music, and grand operas.
Works(16)
Concerto (1)
concerto (2)
Piano Solo (8)
sonata (3)
rondo (1)
pieces (2)
Various works (2)
etc (1)
Concerto for orchestra and piano (2)