Roberto García Morillo
Roberto García Morillo (born January 22, 1911 in Buenos Aires , † October 26, 2003 there ) was an Argentine composer.
Morillo studied at the Escuela Argentina de Música with Julián Aguirre , Rafael González , Juan José Castro and Ricardo Rodríguez and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Declamación harmony with Floro Ugarte , counterpoint with José Gil , composition with José André , orchestration with Constantino Gaito , music pedagogy with Athos Palma and Raul H. Espoile and stage art with Alfonsina Storni . In 1926 and 1930 he took piano courses with Yves Nat in Paris .
From 1972 to 1980 Morillo was rector of the Conservatorio Nacional and worked here as well as at the Conservatorio Municipal "Manuel de Falla" , at the Antiguo Conservatorio Musical Beethoven and at the Centro de Altos Estudios Musicales Franz Liszt as a professor of composition and orchestration. He was a member of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias of Buenos Aires, Vice-President of the Unión de Compositores de la Argentina and the Asociación de Intérpretes Clásicos Argentinos, and President of the Asociación Argentina de Compositores (1992–1998 and 2001–2002) and the Academia Argentina de Música ( 1995).
Works
- Berseker , Movimiento sinfónico, 1932
- Poema for orchestra, 1932
- Cuentos para Niños Traviesos for piano, 1932
- Tres Piezas para piano , 1933
- Conjuros for piano, 1933–34
- Sonata del Sur for piano, 1935
- Segunda Sonata for piano, 1935
- Cuarteto for piano, violin, cello and clarinet, 1935–37
- Concierto para piano y orquesta , 1937-39
- Las Pinturas Negras de Goya for violin, cello, flute, clarinet and bassoon, 1939
- Usher , mimodrama based on Edgar Allan Poe , 1940–41
- Harrild , ballet, 1941
- Juvenilla , soundtrack, 1942
- Variaciones 1942 for piano, 1942
- Tres Pinturas de Paul Klee for orchestra, 1944
- Variaciones 1944 for piano, 1944
- Tercera Sonata for piano, 1944–45
- Esquemas for piano, 1946
- El tercer Huésped , film music, 1946
- Primer Sinfonia , 1946-48
- Esperanza , soundtrack, 1949
- Primer Cuarteto , 1950-51
- El Tamarit , Chamber Cantata, 1953
- Cuentos para Niños Traviesos for piano, 1953
- Obertura para un drama romántico , 1954
- Segunda Sinfonia , 1954-55
- Moriana , Cantata coreográfica, 1957-58
- Variaciones Olímpicas , for orchestra, 1958
- Variaciones Apolíneas for piano, 1958–59
- Romances del Amor y de la Muerte , 1959
- Elegía sobre el nombre Tchaikovsky for orchestra, 1959
- Cuarta Sonata for piano, 1959
- Tres Pinturas de Piet Mondrian for orchestra, 1960
- Tercera Sinfonia , 1961
- Música para oboe y orquesta , 1962
- Quinta Sonata for piano, 1962
- Tungasuka , incidental music, 1963
- La Máscara y el Rostro , Concierto coreográfico for piano and orchestra, 1963
- Cuarta Cantata (Cantata de los caballeros) , 1965
- Música para violín y cuerdas , 1967
- Divertimento sobre temas de Paul Klee for wind quintet, 1967
- Serenata, homenaje a Debussy for piano, 1938
- Ciclo de Dante Alighieri for violin, horn, piano and strings, 1970
- Homenaje a Manuel de Falla for orchestra, 1971
- Quinta Cantata (Festiva) , 1971
- Villancicos , songs, 1972
- El Caso Maillard , Opera, 1972–73
- Argentina 1860 , Suite sinfonico-coreográfica, 1979–80
- Sonata de Notre Dame for organ, 1980
- Arkady, el mexicano , Opera, 1980–81
- Cuarta Sinfonia , 1981
- Séptima Cantata, Corrido de Leandro Rivera , 1981
- Suite Virreinal for two pianos, 1982
- Sexta Sonata (Rítmica Giocosa) for piano, 1982
- Rítmica Fúnebre, homenaje a Juan Carlos Paz for piano, 1982
- Fantasía y Fuga Real (homenaje a JS Bach) for string orchestra, 1984
- Dos Sátiras , 1984
- Cuatro Líricas de A. Machado , 1985
- Tango de Plata for violin, cello and piano, 1986
- Octava Cantata (Cantata satírica) , 1987
- Quinta Sinfonía (Festiva) , 1987
- Décima Cantata (Tango de Plata) , 1987-88
- Undécima cantata (Homenaje a García Lorca) , 1988–89
- Metamorfosis sobre aires populares argentinos de Julián Aguirre , 1989
Web links
- Roberto García Morillo on musicaclasicaargentina.com
- Roberto García Morillo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | García Morillo, Roberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 2003 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |