Gilardo Gilardi
Gilardo Gilardi (born May 25, 1889 in San Fernando / Buenos Aires , † January 16, 1963 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine composer and music teacher.
After first lessons with his father, Gilardi studied with Arturo Berutti in Buenos Aires. His first opera, Ilse , premiered in 1923 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In 1929 he was one of the founders of the Grupo Renovación , an association devoted to promoting avant-garde music in Argentina, alongside Juan José and José María Castro , Juan Carlos Paz and Jacobo Ficher . In 1939 he received a national prize for the symphonic poem Gaucho con botas nuevas .
Gilardi taught at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and wrote a Curso elemental de armonía . After his death, the La Plata Conservatory was named after him.
Works
- Ilse , opera based on a libretto by Cosimo Giogeri Contri , 1919, world premiere on July 13, 1923
- La leyenda del urutaú , opera based on a libretto by José Oliva Nogueira , 1929, premiered October 25, 1934
- Primera series argentina
- Evocación quechua
- Réquiem , 1933
- Misa de Gloria , 1936
- Gaucho con botas nuevas , symphonic poem, 1938
- Ollantay , incidental music for the piece by Ricardo Rojas , 1939
- Sonata for violin and piano
- Canciones para canto y piano
- Sonata popular argentina for violin and piano
Web links
- Literature by and about Gilardo Gilardi in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilardi, Gilardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Fernando |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1963 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |