Juan Orrego-Salas

Juan Orrego-Salas (born January 18, 1919 in Santiago de Chile ; † November 24, 2019 ) was a Chilean composer and music teacher .

life and work

Orrego-Salas studied piano and composition with Pedro Humberto Allende Sarón and Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson in 1938 . He then taught music history at the Conservatory of the Universidad de Chile , directed the choir of the Catholic University, which he founded in 1938 and completed a degree in architecture by 1943. From 1944 on, however, he devoted himself exclusively to music.

With a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation , he studied musicology with Paul Henry Lang , ethnomusicology with George Herzog and counterpoint with William Mitchell at Columbia University . A subsequent Guggenheim Fellowship allowed him to study with Randall Thompson at Princeton University and with Aaron Copland in Tanglewood .

After his return in 1947 he became a professor at the Music Faculty of the Universidad de Chile. In 1949 he went on a trip to Europe where he conducted the world premiere of his Canciones Castellanas , which were played at the 13th Festival of the International Society of Contemporary Music .

After his return to Chile he was editor of the Revista Musical Chilena , 1950 music critic for El Mercurio , Chile's most important morning newspaper. In 1953 the Universidad de Chile appointed him Professor Extraordinario for Composition. After another visit to the USA, he became director of the Instituto de Extensión Musical , which is responsible for the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile , the National Ballet and a number of choirs and chamber ensembles.

In 1957 Orrego-Salas gave up this position and became the founder of the Departamento de Música (later Instituto de Musica ) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile . In 1961 he became director of the Latin American Music Center at Indiana University and taught composition at the university's School of Music. In 1987 he retired from teaching as professor emeritus. In 2005 he published the autobiographical book Encuentros, visions y repasos .

Orrego-Salas has received many awards for his work. The Universidad Católica awarded him an honorary doctorate; In 1971 he became a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Chile. In 1988 he received the Gabriela Mistral Interamerican Cultural Prize of the Organization of American States (OAS), in 1992 the Premio Nacional of the Chilean government, and in 1999 the Universidad Católica appointed him Profesor Extraordinario.

Works

Dos piezas for violin and piano, 1936 Dos canciones for medium voice, 1937 No lloréis mis ojos for female choir, 1937 Pequeño poema for flute and piano, 1938 Villancico for choir, 1942 Romance a lo divino for choir, 1942 Sonata for violin and piano, 1945 Sonata a dúo for violin and viola, 1945 Canciones en tres movimientos for medium voice and string quartet, 1945 Let Down the Bars, Oh Death! for choir, 1945 Romances pastorales for choir, 1945 Romance a la muerte de Don Gato for male choir, 1946 Cánones y rondas escolares for children's voices, 1946 Cantata de Navidad for soprano and orchestra, 1946 Escenas de Cortes y Pastores , Suite, 1946 Song for contralto and piano , 1946 Variaciones y fuga sobre el tema de un pregón for piano, 1946 Christmas Songs for a women's or children's choir, 1948 Canciones Castellanas for soprano and eight instruments, 1948 Romancillo for contralto and piano, 1948 Cantos de Advenimiento for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano, 1948 Obertura Festiva , 1948 Juventud , ballet triptych based on Georg Friedrich Handel's Solomon , 1948 Versos de ciego , incidental music for a piece by Luis Alberto Heiremans , 1949 Symphony No. 1 , 1949 Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra, 1950 El Alba del Alhelí , song cycle for soprano and piano, 1950 El Retablo del Rey Pobre , Christmas mystery for singers, dancers and orchestra, 1950–1952 Umbral de Sueño , ballet, 1951 Diez piezas simples for piano, 1951 Suite para bandoneón , 1952 Rústica for piano, 1952 La veta del diablo , soundtrack, 1952 Symphony No. 2 , 1954 Serenata Concertante , 1954 Chamber Concerto , 1954 Sextet for clarinet, string quartet and piano, 1954 Dúos Concertante for cello and piano, 1955 Pastoral y Scherzo for violin and piano, 1955 Divertimento I and II for flute, oboe and bassoon, 1956 Jubilaeus musicus "ad honorem Universitatis Sanctae Mariae" , 1956 String Quartet No. 1 , 1957 La caleta olvidada , soundtrack, 1959 Garden Songs for high soprano, flute, viola and harp, 1959 Alabanzas a la Virgen for soprano and piano, 1959 El Saltimbanqui , ballet, 1960 Symphony No. 3 , 1961 Psalms for symphonic wind orchestra, 1962 Concerto a tre for piano trio and orchestra, 1962 Concertino for trumpet, two horns and trombone, 1963 Concerto for Wind Orchestra , 1963–1964 Sonata a Quattro for flute, oboe, harpsichord and double bass, 1964 Alboradas for female voices, harp, piano and percussion, 1965 Trio No. 1 for violin, cello and piano, 1966 Symphony No. 4 "de la respuesta lejana" , 1966 América, no en vano invocamos tu nombre , cantata for male choir, soprano, baritone and orchestra, 1966 Quattro liriche brevi for alto saxophone and piano, 1967 Quattro liriche brevi for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra, 1967 Three Madrigals for choir, 1967 Sonata for piano, 1967 Missa "in tempore discordae" for tenor, choir and orchestra, 1968–1969 A Greeting Cadenza for William Primrose for viola, 1970 Palabras de Don Quijote for baritone and chamber ensemble, 1970–1971

Esquinas for guitar, 1971 Variaciones Serenas for string orchestra, 1971 Volte for piano and chamber orchestra, 1971 Mobili for viola and piano, 1971 Serenata for flute and cello, 1972 Sonata de Estío for flute and piano, 1972 Presencias , Septet, 1972 The Days of God , oratorio for four soloists, choir and orchestra, 1974–1976 Psalms for baritone and piano, 1977 Trio No. 2 for violin, cello and piano, 1977 De profundis for tuba and cello quartet, 1979 Concerto for oboe and string orchestra , 1980 Un canto a Bolívar for voices and traditional Andean instruments, 1980–1981 Canciones en estilo popular for soprano and guitar, 1981 Bolivar , triptych for narrator, choir and orchestra, 1981–1982 Tangos for 11 instruments, 1982 Balada for cello and piano, 1982–1983 Yo digo lo que no digo for singing and folk instruments, 1983 Biografía mínima de Salvador Allende for voice, guitar, trumpet and percussion, 1983 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra , 1983 Glosas for violin and guitar, 1984 Dialogues in Waltz for piano four hands, 1984 Rondo-fantasía for piano, 1984 Variations on a Chant for harp, 1984 Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra, 1985 Riley's Merriment , Scherzo for orchestra, 1986 Fantasia for piano and symphonic wind orchestra, 1986 For Young Violinists , 1986-1987 Fanfare , 1986-1987 Gyrocantus for flute, clarinet, harpsichord and percussion, 1987 Midsummer Diversions for cello and tuba, 1987 Viudas , Opera, 1987-1990 Cinco canciones a seis for contralto, two violins, clarinet, cello and piano, 1988 Ash Wednesday for contralto and string orchestra, 1988 Saludo for unaccompanied unison voices, 1988 Partita for alto saxophone and piano trio, 1988 Variations for a Quiet man for clarinet and piano, 1990 Canción de cuna para Llorença Gasull for voice and guitar, 1991 Diferencias del retablo for two pianos, 1991 Concerto for cello and orchestra , 1991-1992 The Goat that Couldn't Sneeze , musical comedy for children's voices and chamber ensemble, 1992 La Ciudad Celeste , cantata for baritone, choir and orchestra, 1992 Three Fanfares for wind quintet, 1994 Tres cánticos sagrados for choir and chamber ensemble, 1995 Symphony No.5 , 1995 String Quartet No.2 , 1995 Ave Maria for soprano, oboe, organ and choir, 1996 Ave Maria for soprano and choir, 1996 Canto a la cordillera for choir and orchestra, 1997 Symphony No. 6 "semper reditus" , 1997 Encuentros , Variations on Two Themes by Franz Schubert for string quartet and piano, 1997 Cantango for two pianos, 1998 Espacios , Rhapsody for cello and piano, 1998 Introduction and Allegro Concertato for piano four hands and chamber ensemble, 1999 Fantasias for cello and small orchestra, 2000 Tocata ed Arioso for organ, 2000 Secuencias for alto saxophone and percussion, 2001 Concerto Grosso for oboe, violin and string orchestra, 2001–2002 Turns and Returns for violin and piano, 2002 Movimiento Concertante for alto saxophone and string quartet, 2003 String Quartet No.3 , 2003 String Quartet No. 4 , 2004 Estancias del Recuerdo for flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano, 2007

Web links

• Juan Orrego-Salas at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Álvaro Gallegos: A los 100 años fallece el compositor chileno Juan Orrego-Salas. In: ADN Radio Chile. November 25, 2019, Retrieved November 25, 2019 (Spanish).