Andrés Abad Antón

Amor y Lucha

Andrés Abad y Antón (* before 1885, † after 1910) was an Argentine composer, conductor, stage director and tenor of Spanish origin.

Life

Andrés Abad Antón settled in Buenos Aires in 1885. Here he composed the music for various theater productions. He performed various zarzuelas and directed several theater companies such as the Teatro Mayo and the Italian company at the Teatro San Martin . At the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution , he conducted a choir of 1,500 singers with soloists and orchestra on May 25th and 27th, 1910 in the Plaza del Mayo in Buenos Aires.

Works

De paso por aqui , music for the play by Miguel Ocampo, premiered on January 16, 1890 at the Teatro Variedades in Buenos Aires

A la pesca de noticias , 1890
Casos y Cosas , 1891
El ano 92 [The year 92], Zarzuela. Text: Ezequiel Soria, first performed on August 31, 1892
La gran avenida de Mayo , 1894
El general Picaso, 1894
Amor y lucha [Love and Struggle], music for the play by Ezequiel Soria, premiered at the Teatro Olimpo on June 28, 1895
Gato electoral , Zarzuela in one act and three parts; Text: Eduardo L. Górdon, for the Compañía de Zarzuela Cómica Juárez-Duránu, premiered at the Teatro Pasatiempo in Buenos Aires on June 29, 1891

literature

Abad Antón, Andrés . In: Martha Furman Schleifer, Gary Galván: Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary . Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 3rd edition 2016. ISBN 978-0-8108-8870-8

Web links

Abad Anton, Andres at http://www.composers-classical-music.com/
Zarzuela criollas various libretti a. a. El ano 92 and Amor y lucha

Individual evidence

↑ Juan Maria Veniard: La música en las fiestas del centenario patrio de 1910 . In: Universidad Catolica Argentina (ed.): Temas de historia argentina y americana . No. 20 , 2012 ( edu.ar [PDF]).
↑ De paso por aquí: revista local en un acto y en verso por Miguel Ocampo; música del maestro Andrés Abad Antón - Ocampo, Miguel (s. XIX-XX) - Manuscrito - entre 1901 y 2000? Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
↑ Eduardo Gutiérrez: Teatro rioplatense (1886-1930) . Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch, 1986, ISBN 978-980-276-029-9 ( google.de [accessed on August 1, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Abad Antón, Andrés
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abad y Antón, Andrés (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentinian composer, conductor, stage director and tenor of Spanish origin
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1885
DATE OF DEATH	after 1910

[1] Juan Maria Veniard: La música en las fiestas del centenario patrio de 1910 . In: Universidad Catolica Argentina (ed.): Temas de historia argentina y americana . No. 20 , 2012 ( edu.ar [PDF]).

[2] De paso por aquí: revista local en un acto y en verso por Miguel Ocampo; música del maestro Andrés Abad Antón - Ocampo, Miguel (s. XIX-XX) - Manuscrito - entre 1901 y 2000? Retrieved August 1, 2018 .

[3] Eduardo Gutiérrez: Teatro rioplatense (1886-1930) . Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch, 1986, ISBN 978-980-276-029-9 ( google.de [accessed on August 1, 2018]).