Raúl Borges

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Raúl Borges Requena (born February 4, 1882 in Caracas , † June 24, 1967 ibid) was a Venezuelan composer, guitarist and music teacher.

Life

Borges had guitar lessons with Salvador N. Llamozas and Eduardo Richter since 1895 and perfected his guitar playing autodidactically according to the method of Ferdinando Carulli . Since 1910 he gave guitar lessons himself and in 1915 founded the Círculo Musical . From 1920 he worked as secretary of the Venezuelan embassy in Paris.

In 1932 he founded a chair for guitar at the Escuela de Música y Declamación (today Escuela de Música José Ángel Lamas ), which he held until 1952. As a teacher, he benefited from the exchange of experiences with the Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré , whom he had met in 1932. He had a formative influence on the Venezuelan guitar music of the 20th century. His students included Maria Corma Moreno , Flaminia Montenegro , Froila Pacanins , Jose Rafael Cisneros , Antonio Ochoa , Rómulo Lazarde , Alirio Díaz , Rodrigo Riera , Antonio Lauro , Manuel Enrique Pérez Díaz and Fredy Reyna .

In addition to his own compositions, Borges wrote numerous transcriptions of works for two, three and four guitars. Many of his works were published by the Venezuelan Ministry of Education in 1952 in the book Composiciones para guitarra .

Works

  • Canción Antigua
  • Canción de cuna , 1952
  • El Criollito , Waltz, 1935
  • Fuente morisca , fantasy
  • Marisol , waltz
  • Melodía , 1952
  • Preludio
  • Sueño de Opio , fantasy
  • Valse
  • Valse Venezolano , 1952
  • Vengo a Verte , waltz
personal data
SURNAME Borges, Raúl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Borges Requena, Raúl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan composer, guitarist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1967
Place of death Caracas