Ángel E. Lasala

Ángel E. Lasala (born May 9, 1914 in Buenos Aires ; † May 1, 2000 there ) was an Argentine composer and pianist.

Lasala studied piano, music theory, solfège and harmony at the La Prensa Conservatory under the direction of María Rosa Farcy de Montal , continued his studies at the Conservatorio Nacional “ Carlos López Buchardo ” and studied composition with Athos Palma .

He performed as a concert pianist and chamber musician before turning to composition. In 1941 his ballet Chasca Ñahui was premiered at the Teatro Colón . The symphonic poem Achalay was awarded the City of Buenos Aires Prize in 1960. For his third string quartet Homenaje a Alberto Williams he received a prize from the Asociación Wagneriana of Buenos Aires in 1961 .

In 1960 he received a grant from the Brazilian government to study in Rio de Janeiro to study Brazilian music. Here he also gave concerts with his wife, the soprano Zulema Castello .

Lasala was professor at the Escuela de Orquesta y Coros del Consejo Nacional de Educación , founded by his teacher Palma , vice-rector of the Conservatorio Nacional and director of the Conservatorio Municipal “Manuel de Falla” , where he taught harmony and chamber music.

Works

• Canciones argentinas piano songs (1936)
• Sonatina. Homenaje a Ravel , for piano (1937)
• Cuarteto N ° 1 for strings (1938)
• Poema del árbol , piano songs (texts by María del Rosario Cipriota ) (1938)
• Al rodar de la carreta for female choir a cappella (text by María del Rosario Cipriota ) (1938)
• Cinco Corales Argentinos for mixed choir and piano (1939)
• Chasca Ñahui (Ojos de lucero) for symphony orchestra (1939)
• Chasca Ñahui , symphonic suite (1939)
• Impresiones de mi tierra for piano (1939–1942)
• Serranas for voice, flute, harp and percussion (1940)
• Canciones Norteñas for voice, flute, viola, cello and harp (1940)
• Canción de la Ofrenda a la Patria for choir and piano (1940)
• Leyenda for cello and piano (1941)
• Poema del pastor coya for flute or violin and piano or harp (1942)
• Baladas del querer , piano songs (1942)
• La isla (Soledad) , piano songs (texts by Orfila Bardesio ) (1943)
• Preludios (Camperas) for string orchestra (1943)
• Suite Norteña for harp and strings (1943)
• Trío N ° 1 for violin, oboe or clarinet, cello and piano (1944)
• Achalay for symphony orchestra (1945)
• Medieval Suite for Cello and Piano (1947)
• Preludios Americanos for guitar (1947)
• Homenajes for guitar (1947)
• Tropilla de estrellas for two-part choir (1948)
• Cantares a la memoria de Carlos López Buchardo , piano songs (texts by Alfredo Bufano ) (1948)
• Vidala for voice, flute and piano (1949)
• Cantar for piano (1950)
• Obras corales for choir and piano (1950–1952)
• Gloria de Athos Palma for three-part choir (1951)
• Poemas americanos , piano songs (1952)
• Pampeana, Homenaje a Alberto Williams for piano (1952)
• Cantares españoles, Homenaje a Joaquín Turina for voice, oboe, cello and piano (1953)
• Poemas norteños for voice, flute and piano (1953)
• Cuarteto N ° 2, Homenaje a Carlos López Buchardo (1958)
• Concierto para 2 guitarras y orquesta (Homenaje a Julián Aguirre ) (1961)
• Cuarteto N ° 3. Homenaje a Alberto Williams (1961)
• Himno al Dr. Manuel Montes de Oca for choir and piano (1963)
• Movimientos orquestales for piano and orchestra (1964)
• Cancionero argentino for flute (1964)
• Cancionero brasileño for flute (1965)
• Homenaje a Luis Gianneo for guitar (1968)
• Suite en doce cuerdas for two guitars (1970)
• Cinco Preludios Nacionales for piano (1970)
• Pequeña canción y danza for double bass and piano (1971)
• Requiebros for two guitars (1971)
• Quebrada , symphonic poem (1971)
• Cantata San Martín de Porres for narrators, soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1971)
• Sonatina de las rondas for piano (1971)
• Baladas campestres for piano four hands (1971)
• Cinco corales populares for three-part choir (1971)
• Tres corales del Arca de Noé for three-part choir (1971)
• Baladas for violin or viola, oboe or clarinet and piano (1975)
• Escenas del Buenos Aires colonial 1800-1880 for narrator, baritone, voices, instrumental ensemble and tape (1975–1982)
• Soneto a Viedma [Ciudad del sur] for voice and piano after María Cristina Casadei (1979)
• Cantata Santa María de los Buenos Aires for narrator, mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1979)
• Nocturnal for three pianos (1983)
• Canción N ° 3 de Julián Aguirre for two pianos (1983)
• Nocturno de “Romeo y Julieta” de López Buchardo for two pianos (1983)
• Danzón de López Buchardo for two pianos (1983)
• Estampas (1983-1984)
• 10 Corales infantiles for three-part choir (1986)
• Corales didácticos for three-part choir (1986)
• Canciones del arca de Noé for choir and orchestra (1986)
• Siglos , instrumental suite (1987)
• Danza, Homenaje a Carlos López Buchardo for string orchestra (1988)
• Te Deum for soloists, mixed choir and string orchestra (1989)
• Cantata San Roque González de Santa Cruz for narrator, baritone, mixed choir, string quintet and percussion ensemble (1989)
• Suite barroca for three instruments (1992)
• Coloquios for wind instruments or strings (1992–1993)
• Sonatina arcaica for guitar quartet (1992–1993)
• Danzas breve for guitar quartet (1994)
• Elegía. In memoriam Jorge Martínez Zárate for guitar quartet (1994)
• Preludio fugado (de Siglos) for guitar quartet (1994)

source

• Música Clásica Argentina - Ángel E. Lasala , biography and works