César Franchisena

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César Franchisena (* 1923 in General Pinedo , Chaco , † 1992 in Córdoba (Argentina) ) was an Argentine composer and music teacher.

Franchesina studied composition with Teodoro Fuchs in Córdoba . From 1957 he taught composition at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba . He was the founder and head of the regional organization of the Agrupación Nueva Música , an association of composers and musicians for contemporary music.

Since the late 1950s, he has been experimenting with electroacoustic music at the University's Radio Universidad and the Centro de Investigaciones Acústicas y Luminotécnicas . His students included the composers Horacio Vaggione , Vicente Moncho , Pedro Palacios , Jose Halac and Gerardo Dirié .

Works

  • Numancia , 1960
  • Tres momentos mágicos for tape, 1973
  • Intermezzo (Divertimento) for tape, 1973–74
  • Tríptico espacial for oboe, synthesizer and percussion, 1981
  • Configuraciones for synthesizer and piano, 1982–83
  • El Ucumar for tape, 1985
  • Horeb (Montaña de Dios) for tape, 1986
  • Dúo for flute and computer, 1987
  • Canticle for Computers, 1988
  • Fulguraciones for Computers, 1989-90
  • Variaciones tímbricas
  • Trayectorias
  • Formal II
  • Trio de las proporciones
  • Psalmos fidei
  • Dos versos a la memoria de D. Zipoli
personal data
SURNAME Franchisena, César
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH General Pinedo , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH 1992
Place of death Cordoba, Argentina