Carlos Isamitt
Carlos Isamitt Alarcón (born March 13, 1887 in Rengo , Cachapoal province , † July 2, 1974 in Santiago de Chile ) was a Chilean composer and painter .
Isamitt was a student of Pedro Humberto Allende Sarón at the Conservatory of Santiago from 1905 . At the same time he studied painting with Julio Fossa Calderón . He later continued his training as a painter with Pedro Lira and Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor . At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1925 he got to know the works of Paul Cézanne as well as the Fauvists and Expressionists who influenced his style.
After his return to Chile he directed the Museo de Bellas Artes , the Escuela de Bellas Artes and the Conservatorio de Música . In 1965 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Arte en Música .
He composed three ballets , four symphonic concert pieces , a symphony , a harp concerto, an orchestral suite, chamber music works, cantatas , hymns and songs . His works were influenced by the music of the Mapuche .
Isamitt also wrote several writings on Chilean folk music , especially on the music of the Mapuche in the years 1931 to 1937. Hundreds of transcriptions and field recordings of traditional music were created. For Ethnomusicology is also the first detailed description of the aerophone Nolkin important.
literature
- Juan Orrego-Salas, Luis Merino: Isamitt (Alarcón), Carlos. In: Grove Music Online, September 3, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Carlos Isamitt: Cuatro instrumentos musicales Araucanos. In: Boletín Latinoamericano de Música, Volume 4, Montevideo 1937, pp. 55-66
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Isamitt, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Isamitt Alarcón, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean composer, painter and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rengo (Chile) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1974 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |