Felipe Villanueva

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Felipe Villanueva Gutiérrez (born February 5, 1862 in Tecámac , † May 28, 1893 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican composer.

Life

Villanueva learned to play the piano and violin in childhood and was a member of the orchestra in his hometown. At the age of ten he composed the Cantata patriótica for voice with piano accompaniment. In 1873 he came to Mexico City to visit the Conservatorio Nacional , which he had to leave after a short time.

He then worked as a violinist at the Teatro Hidalgo and as a piano teacher, and some of his compositions were published by Wagner and Levien . In addition, he continued his pianistic training with Julio Ituarte , where he met his students Gustavo E. Campa and Ricardo Castro Herrera . With these and the musicians Juan Hernández Acevedo , Carlos Meneses , Ignacio Quezadas and Pablo Castellanos León, he formed the Grupo de los Seis , which, in opposition to the Italian music tradition embodied primarily by Melisio Morales , dedicated itself to German and French music. In 1887 the group founded the Instituto Musical .

In the same year he composed the opera Keofar , but did not live to see its performance. The composition has been lost except for a few pieces. Since 1892 he became friends with the pianist and composer Ernesto Elorduy, who had returned from Europe .

In addition to the opera mentioned, Villanueva composed mainly mazurkas, waltzes, habaneras and other pieces for the piano as well as a cello concerto. Unfortunately, a large part of the works not published during his lifetime were lost.

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SURNAME Villanueva, Felipe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Villanueva Gutiérrez, Felipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Tecámac
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1893
Place of death Mexico city