Juan Francisco Giacobbe
Juan Francisco Giacobbe (born March 27, 1907 , † January 31, 1990 ) was an Argentine composer and musicologist.
Giacobbe studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Escénico until 1928 , then Byzantine hymnology and Gregorian chant in the monastery of Santa Maria del Monte in Cesena. He worked as a musical advisor at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes , was the founder and general director of the Instituto Provincial de Arte de La Plata , director of the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and director of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Escénico . He wrote biographies of Gioacchino Rossini (1942), Frédéric Chopin (1943) and Julián Aguirre and composed more than 200 works, including Siete Imágenes de Tango , a Missa brevis and Nuestra Señora de Lujá .
In addition, Giacobbe was active as a philosopher, poet, playwright, director, theater director, piano and organ teacher. In 1940 he was honored by the Comisión Nacional de la Cultura , in 1989 he received an honorary diploma from the Fundacion Konex as a musicologist.
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| SURNAME | Giacobbe, Juan Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian composer, musicologist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1990 |