Manuel Jose de Quiros

Manuel Jose de Quiros

Manuel Jose de Quiros is an 18th century Guatemalan composer, teacher and collector who was appointed maestro de capilla of Guatemala City Cathedral in March of 1738, where he served until his death. His extant compositions are Spanish villancicos which exhibit his interest in local color and ethnic texts. A few of his compositions are in Latin, an example being Parce mihi Domine. The majority of his works are arranged for two-seven voices and all have instrumental accompan

iment.

During his teaching years one of his outstanding students included his nephew and composer Rafael Antonio Castellanos, who later became maestro de capilla. He would also collect music by Italian composers and contemporary Spanish composers. The music that was collected and his own compositions can be found in the Archivo Historico Arquidiocesano in Guatemala City.

 

Discography

• El baratillo (1758)
• Jesús, Jesús, y lo que subes (1743), 2 treble voices, continuo
• Parce mihi Domine, two choirs

Bibliography:  Lemmon, A. E., (n.d.). Manuel José de Quiros. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved March 4, 2012 from: 

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Jose Castañeda

Jose Castañeda (1898-1983)

Jose Castaneda a Guatemalan composer, conductor and theorist, founded an orchestra in Guatemala City called Ars Nova, in 1930. This group was later designated by the president and dictator Jorge Ubico as the official state orchestra. In 1936, it took the name Orquesta Progresista.  He served as director of the National Conservatory, where his instruction influenced the younger generation.  In 1967, he presented at numerous congresses in Europe and North America, and also published his book Las polaridades del ritmo y del sonido. He was gifted as a composer with easy melodic invention and technical proficiency. He composed famous works such as La chalana, Imágenes de nacimiento, and La serpiente emplumada.

Discography:

• 1933- Imágenes de nacimiento opera, modal harmonies and other neo-classical devices.
• 1922- La chalana satirical song
• 1960- La serpiente emplumada ballet, 2 string quartets

Bibliography: Oxford Music Online Retrieved from: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy.lib.umb.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/47495?q=Jose+Castaneda&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit

Jorge Alvaro Sarmientos

Jorge Alvaro Sarmientos (1931-)

Jorge Alvaro Sarmientos is a Guatemalan composer and conductor. He received formal musical training at the National Conservatory with Ricardo Castillo in Guatemala City. Sarmientos was awarded fellowships for advance studies in Paris and Buenos Aires.
Amongst the various instruction of different composers he was able broaden the spectrum of new music and techniques. This experience influenced his style. Serial technique and cluster technique can be found in his works; "La muerte de un personaje", "Hommage" and "Ofrenda y gratitude". He went on to receive conducting courses from Boulez and Celibidache and has served as guest-conductor in Latin America, France, the United States, Israel and Japan. He has received many distinctive awards and has taught at the National Conservatory and other universities in Guatemala City.

 Discography of Work:

• 1972-1991 Musical Director of the Guatemalan National SO.
• 1991 Guest-conducted orchestras throughout Latina America, France, Japan, Isreal, and the United States.
• 1967- 1991 Taught at the National Conservatory in Guatemala, Rafael Landivar University, and the Francisco Marroquin University.

Bibliography: Oxford Music Online Retrieved from http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy.lib.umb.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/47496?q=jorge+sarmientos+&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit

Jesus Castillo

Jesus Castillo (1877-1946)

Jesus Castillo, a Guatemalan composer and ethnomusicologist. Castillo studied piano with Miguel Espinoza and composition with Rafael Guzman. He began incorporating Guatemalan indigenous and folk music into his compositions such as "Cinco Oberturas Indigenas".  
Castillo was a instructor of music for 30 years in the city Quetzaltenango. Many of his pieces feature indigenous melodies and rhythms. One of his major works is the opera Quiche Vinak. The research he conducted on Guatemalan folk and indigenous music was published in 1941 in his book, La musica maya-quiche: region de Guatemala. His work has become so important that it has become part of the repertoire of some of the most outstanding marimba bands of Quetzaltenango.

Discography of Works:

• Cinco Oberturas Indigenous (Composition, 1897)
• Taught music in the town of Quetzaltenango (Until death in 1929)
• The Oprah Quiche Vinak (Composed in 1917-1945)

Bibliography: R.C. Cuxum Ruiz: Jesús Castillo–Ricardo Castillo (San José, 1983) D. Lehnhoff: ‘La musica’, Historia general de Guatemala (Guatemala City, 1997), v, 491–500 Oxford Music Online Retrieved from: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.
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Discography:
• El baratillo (1758)
• Jesús, Jesús, y lo que subes (1743), 2 treble voices, continuo
• Parce mihi Domine, two choirs

Bibliography: Lemmon, A. E., (n.d.). Manuel José de Quiros. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved March 4, 2012 from: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy.lib.umb.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/41253?q=Manuel++Jose+de+Quiros&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit

Joaquin M. Orellana

Joaquin M. Orellana (1933-)

Joaquin M. Orellana a Guatemalan composer who studied at the National Conservatory of Music. In 1958, Orellana won first prize in the annual Central American Science, Letters and Fine Arts Competition. He won the prize for his work "El Jardín Encantado".  He first performed his String Trio in Washington, DC in 1965. In 1970 Orellana began to experiment with flujos sonoro-sociales, soundscapes of Guatemala, within his pieces. In two of his most successful compositions: "Electroacústica" and "Imposible a la X: Historia en Redondo" (1976) he showcased these new sounds. In 1982, he used magnetic tape, two flutes and other specially created instruments to create a sound that was used in his piece: "Híbrido a Presión". Orellana constructed new instruments from the fragments of the marimba grande. The newly created instruments: ciclo-im, rastra-son and pandemarimbas, expanded the sound quality of the marimba. In his work Tzulumanachi, he uses one of these created instruments named sonarimba. He uses a mixed chorus, incorporated a narrator, several marimba-derived instruments and magnetic tape in his pieces: "Evocacion Profunda y translaciones de una marimba".

Discography of Work:

• 1958- First prize winner in the annual Central American Science, Letters and Fine Arts Competition; for “El Jardin Encantado” string trio.
• 1976- Showcased one of his sound experiments involving flujos sonoro-sociales, soundscapes of Guatemala.
• 1982- Used magnetic tape, flutes, and other specialty made instruments, to create a sound or compose a piece by the name “Hibrido a Presion”.

Bibliography:  Scruggs, T.M. (n.d.). Joaquin M. Orellana. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.co
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k&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit • "The Art Music of Mexico and Guatemala." The Art Music of Mexico and Guatemala. The Art Music of Guatemala, 8 July 2011. Web. 2 Mar. 2012. http://artmusicmexicoguatemala.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/joaquin-m-orellana-november-5th-1933/.

Guatemalan Timeline

Guatemalan Timeline

1524- Spanish Contact with Guatemala
1765- Manuel Jose de Quiros Dies (born unknown)
1821- Guatemala, Guatemala became independent
1840- Guatemala became Independent from Mexico
1877- Jesus Castillo was Born
1896- Nation Anthem adopted
1898- Jose Castaneda Born
1931- Jorge Alvaro Sarmientos was Born
1933- Joaquin M. Orellana Born
1946- Jesus Castillo Dies
1983- Jose Castaneda Dies
1996- Guatemala re-established Representative Democracy

Silvestre Revueltas

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)

Silvestre Revueltas was a Mexican composer and violinist. Revueltas studied violin in Colima, Mexico, at an early age. By the age of 12, he entered the Juarez Institute in Durango to play violin. Between the years of 1916-1918 he went to St. Edward College in Austin Texas. This experience and training gave him the confidence to play the violin in a theater orchestra in San Antonio, Texas. He also conducted an orchestra in Mobile, Alabama. Chavez was invited to be the conductor assistant of the Mexico SO during 1929-35 where Revueltas composed six sophisticated picture postcard pieces for that orchestra. Consecutively, Revueltas taught the violin and chamber music at the Conservatory and conducted a Conservatory graduates’ orchestra. He wrote film, chamber music, songs and a number of other works. He was famous for many symphonic poems, like “Chant for the killing of a Snake” (1938) based on a poem by Nicolas Guillen. In 1937, Revueltas decided to toured Spain.  He spent a significant amount of time overseas, after his tour, he came back and resumed teaching. His early death was due to alcoholism.

Discography:

Cuauhnahuac (1931)
Recording name: REVUELTAS, S.: Sensemaya / Troka / Cuauhnahuac / 5 Songs / 4 Pequenos trozos (The Unknown Silvestre Revueltas) (Camerata de las Americas, Diemecke)
Artists: Ambriz, Lourdes; Camerata de las Americas; Camerata de las Americas, members; Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Cuarteto Latinoamericano, members; Diemecke, Enrique Arturo; Octeto Vocal Juan D. Tercero; Suaste, Jesus
Recording Label: Dorian Sono Luminus
Catalogue no: DOR-90244 Naxos Music Library. http://uboston.naxosmusiclibrary.com.ezproxy.lib.umb.edu/catalogue/item.asp?cid=DOR-90244 Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca (1935)
Recording name: REVUELTAS, S.: Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca / Redes / Musica para Charlar / Sensemaya (Wolworth, Xalapa Symphony, Prieto)
Artists: Carlos Miguel Prieto, Neal Wolworth, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra
Recording Label: Urtext
Catalogue no: JBCC088 Naxos Music Library. http://uboston.naxosmusiclibrary.com.ezproxy.lib.umb.edu/catalogue/item.asp?cid=JBCC088 Sensemaya (1938)
Catalogue no: 8.550838
Recording Name: Latin American Classics
Artists: Enrique Batiz; Mexico Festival Orchestra
Recording Label: Naxos
Catalogue no: 8.550838


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