Flor Roffé de Estévez

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Flor Roffé de Estévez (born October 24, 1921 in Caracas , † October 21, 2004 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan music teacher and composer.

Life

From 1937 Roffé de Estévez attended the Escuela de Música José Ángel Lamas , where she studied piano with Moisés Moleiro , music theory with Eduardo Plaza , harmony with Antonio Estévez and music history with Juan Bautista Plaza . In 1944 she studied music education at the New York Teacher's College of the University of Columbia , in 1945 at the Juilliard School of Music , and finally at the New York Dalcroze School .

Following the Dalcroze method , she then taught at the Escuela Normal Gran Colombia and the Escuela Preparatoria de Música ( Escuela de Música Juan Manuel Olivares ). In 1958, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, she prepared teachers for the implementation of the Ministry's music education program in seminars and workshops. From 1959 to 1963 she was Supervisora ​​Nacional of the Ministry of Education.

After spending several years in Paris, she founded the Escuela Experimental de Pedagogía Musical with the support of the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC) in 1972 , which she directed for fifteen years. In 1988 she taught music education at the Universidad Central de Venezuela .

In addition to music pedagogical writings, Roffé de Estévez u. a. a monograph on Vicente Emilio Sojo and wrote a number of arrangements of Venezuelan songs for various line-ups.

Fonts

  • Vicente Emilio Sojo y sus Gatos , Caracas 1988
  • El niño y la Música , Caracas 1995
  • Cuaderno de Ejercicio de Armonia
  • Tu, Yo y la Música

Compositions

  • Ciclo de canciones para coro y piano , 1960
  • 22 canciones infantiles venezolanas , 1976
  • Una cebolla en la olla , 1978
  • 10 canciones venezolanas a cuatro manos , 1978
  • 15 canciones venezolanas aún más fáciles , 1978
personal data
SURNAME Roffé de Estévez, Flor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 2004
Place of death Caracas