Ariel Ramirez
Ariel Ramírez (born September 4, 1921 in Santa Fe , † February 18, 2010 in Monte Grande ) was an Argentine composer.
Life
From a young age, Ramírez was interested in the Indian and Creole folk music of his home country. On the advice of the poet Atahualpa Yupanqui , he traveled to the provinces of Tucumán , Salta and Jujuy in 1941 and met the musician and connoisseur of national culture Justiniano Torres Aparicio in Humahuaca .
Since 1943 he has appeared as a pianist with an immense repertoire based on South American folklore, a number of which he recorded on record in 1946. From 1950 to 1954 he stayed in Europe. In 1954 he settled in Lima , the following year he returned to Argentina, where he founded the Compañía de Folklore Ariel Ramírez . In 1957, he traveled with the ensemble through the Soviet Union , Czechoslovakia and Poland . He also perfected his training by studying composition with Erwin Leuchter and Guillermo Graetzer .
In 1964 he wrote his best-known work, Misa Criolla (German: " Creole Mass"), which he performed in Latin America in the following years and in 1967 in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. He has also composed several cantatas and other vocal works, often based on texts by the poet Félix Luna .
Ramírez was head of the Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores and in 1988 was the first Latin American to be elected President of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC).
Works
- La tristecita , Zamba, 1945
- Agua y sol del Parana
- Misa Criolla , Choral Mass, 1964
- Navidad Nuestra , 1964
- Navidad en Verano , 1964
- Los caudillos , cantata, 1965
- Mujeres argentinas , cantata, 1969
- Cantata sudamericana , cantata, 1972
- Tríptico mocoví , 1980
- La hermanita perdida , 1980
- Misa por la paz y la justicia (based on texts by Pope John Paul II ), 1980
- Alfonsina y el mar, 2005
Web links
- Works by and about Ariel Ramírez in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Ariel Ramírez (Spanish or English)
- Recording of the Misa Criolla
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramírez, Ariel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Fe (Argentina) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | Monte Grande |