Enrique Mario Casella

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Enrique Mario Casella (born August 1, 1891 in Montevideo , † December 10, 1948 in Tucumán ) was an Argentine composer.

Enrique Mario Casella was the son of the violinist and conductor Italo Casella . The family moved to Buenos Aires in 1896, where he studied at the Conservatory with Ferruccio Cattelani and Edmundo Pallemaerts . In 1907 he went to Europe, where he studied at the University of Music in Bologna with Angelo Consolini , Marco Enrico Bossi and Carpessani and from 1909 at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with César Thompson , Paul Gilson and Maurice Staminat . In 1913 he completed his training in Paris with Paul Antoine Vidal and Foucher. From 1914 to 1918 he lived in Buenos Aires, then in Goya .

From 1920 he lived in Tucumán. There he became a professor at the Academia de Bellas Artes . With Luis Gianneo he founded the Instituto Musical Tucumán in 1922 . He also founded the Trío Tucumán in 1923 and the Cuarteto Tucumán in 1940 . From 1937 he was director of the Coro Santa Cecilia and the Banda Provincial de Música .

Casella composed a number of symphonic poems and other symphonic works, a violin and a piano concerto, operas and zarzuelas , ballets , film music, masses , choral works, chamber music and songs . His work was rediscovered by the conductor Lucio Bruno-Videla.

Works

  • Caperucita for voice, reciter and piano, 1920
  • Faetón , symphonic poem, 1924
  • El Rey Midas tiene orejas de asno , symphonic poem based on Ovid , 1925
  • Suite Incaica "Pachacutec Inca" for choir and orchestra, 1926
  • Nahuel Huapi , symphonic poem, 1926
  • Corimayo , Opera, 1926
  • La Virgencina de Covadonga , Zarzuela, 1926
  • Las Vírgenes del Sol , Opera, 1927
  • La ruina del puesto , symphonic poem, 1929
  • La Tapera , Opera, 1929
  • Cantar de arriero for a cappella choir, 1930
  • Baguala for a cappella choir, 1930
  • Brujerías , symphonic poem, 1932
  • El Maleficio de la Luna , Opera, 1932–34
  • Los Poemas del Agua , ballet, 1933
  • De Tierra Adentro , 1933
  • Canción de las voces serenas for three female voices, 1934
  • Film music for La barra mendocina , 1935
  • El Embrujo de la Copla , Opera, 1935
  • Film music for Loco Lindo , 1936
  • Film music for Amalia , 1936
  • El País del Ensueño Opera
  • Mass for chamber orchestra, organ and male choir, 1938
  • A Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús for solo voice, violins, organ and choir
  • Himno a Santa Inés for female choir and harp, 1939
  • Himno de los Niños Católicos for voice and piano, 1941
  • La Vidala , Opera, 1942
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra , 1945
  • 4 Acuarelas 1945
  • La Salamanca , symphonic poem
  • En la Puna , symphonic poem
  • Don Quixote , symphonic poem
  • Cumbres de Tucumán , symphonic poetry
  • Tawantinsuyo , Suite for Orchestra, 1938
  • Suite Incaica for orchestra, 1925
  • Tres Miniaturas Criollas
personal data
SURNAME Casella, Enrique Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1948
Place of death San Miguel de Tucuman