José André

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José André (born January 17, 1881 in Buenos Aires ; † July 13, 1944 there ) was an Argentine composer and music critic.

André was a student of Alberto Williams and Julián Aguirre and completed his education between 1911 and 1914 at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. In 1915 he founded the Sociedad Nacional de Música , later the Asociación Argentina de Compositores . He composed mainly chamber music works and songs, as well as some orchestral works and the cantata " Santa Rosa de Lima " .

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