José Luis Muñoz
José Luis Muñoz (* 1928 in Caracas ; † 1982 ibid) was a Venezuelan composer.
Life
After his initial musical training in a boarding school run by the Salesians in Don Bosco , Muñoz studied with Vicente Emilio Sojo at the Escuela Superior de Música José Ángel Lamas , which he graduated as Maestro compositor in 1959 . He continued his training with Victor Tevah and then studied contemporary music aesthetics with Malcolm Goldstein at the New York School of Social Research .
He worked as director of the music department of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes , president of the Asociación Venezolana de Autores y Compositores and director of the Escuela de Música Pedro Nolasco Colón .
Muñoz was one of the first Venezuelan composers to turn to dodecaphony in his works .
Works
- Preludio para orquesta
- Fantasia de bolsillo
- Romanza sin Palabras for piano
- Estudio en Jazz
- Noches de Brodway
- Jazzinho for quartet and piano
- Memoria de un perfume for mixed choir
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muñoz, José Luis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1982 |
| Place of death | Caracas |