Alberto EvaristoGinastera

Alberto EvaristoGinastera was born on the 11^th April 1916; he died on the 25^th June 1983. He was an argentine music composer of classical music. He is seen as one of the most crucial classical composers of the Americas in the 20^th century.

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Biography

Alberto EvaristoGinastera was born in Buenos Aires to a Catalan father and an Italian mother. In the last years of his life, he pronounced his surname in the Catalan pronunciation.

Ginastera studied at the conservatory in Buenos Aires and graduated in the year 1938. As a young professor, he was a teacher at the LiceoMilitar General San Martin. After a tour to the USA from the year 1945 to the year 1947, where he studied with Aaron Copland at the Tanglewood, he came back to his country and co-founded the League of music composers. He handled a good number of teaching posts.

He travelled back to the United States in the year 1968 and then in the year 1970 he moved to Europe. He died in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 67 and he was buried in the Cimetiere des Rois in Switzerland.  Some of his notable students are; ÁstorPiazzolla, AlcidesLanza, Waldo de los Ríos, Jacqueline Nova and Rafael Aponte-Ledée.

Ginastera grouped his music into three periods; the first is the objective nationalism, which is from the year 11934 to the year 1948. The second being the subjective nationalism, which is from the year 1948 to the year 1958 and then the third is the Neo nationalism, which is from the year 1958 to the year 1983. Among other unique features, these periods differ in their use of the traditional elements of the country. The objective nationalistic works usually add the folk theme of the country in a straightforward manner, while the works he did in the later period consists of the traditional element of the country in a high abstract ways.

Works

Opera

Ø  Don Rodrigo, Op. 31 (1963–64)

Ø  Bomarzo, Op. 34 (1966–67), banned in Argentina until 1972

Ø  Beatrix Cenci, Op. 38 (1971), based on the play The Cenci (1819) by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ballet

Ø  Panambí, Op. 1 (1934–37)

Ø  Estancia, Op. 8 (1941)

Orchestral

Ø  Oberturapara el "Fausto" criollo, Op. 9 (1943)

Ø  Ollantay: 3 Symphonic Movements, Op. 17 (1947)

Ø  Variacionesconcertantes, Op. 23 (1953)

Ø  Pampeana No. 3, Op. 24 (1954)

Ø  Concerto per corde, Op. 33 (1965)

Ø  EstudiosSinfonicos, Op. 35 (1967)

Ø  PopolVuh, Op. 44 (1975–1983, left incomplete at the composer's death)

Ø  Glosses sobretemes de Pau Casals for string orchestra, Op. 46 (1976)

Ø  Glosses sobretemes de Pau Casals for full orchestra, Op. 48 (1976–77)

Ø  Iubilum, Op. 51 (1979–80)

Concertante

Ø  Harp

·         Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1956–65)

Ø  Piano

·         Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28 (1961)

·         Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39 (1972)

Ø  Violin

·         Violin Concerto, Op. 30 (1963)

Ø  Cello

·         Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 36 (1968)

·         Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 50 (1980–81)

Piano

Ø  Danzasargentinas, Op. 2 (1937)

Ø  Trespiezas, Op. 6 (1940)

Ø  Malambo, Op. 7 ( 1940)

Ø  PequenaDanza (from the ballet Estancia, Op. 8) (1941)

Ø  12 Preludiosamericanos, Op. 12 (1944)

Ø  Suite de danzascriollas, Op. 15 (1946, rev. 1956)

Ø  Rondósobretemasinfantilesargentinos, Op. 19 (1947)

Ø  Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 (1952)

Ø  Arrangement of an Organ Toccata by DomenicoZipoli (1970)

Ø  Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 53 (1981)

Ø  Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 54 (1982)

Ø  Danzasargentinas Para los ninos (Unfinished)

·         Moderato: para Alex

·         Paisaje: para Georgina

Organ

Ø  Toccata, Villancico y Fuga, Op. 18 (1947)

Ø  Variazioni e Toccata sopraAurora lucisrutilat, Op. 52 (1980)

Ø  Variación 1: Maestoso

Ø  Variación 2: Tempo giusto

Ø  Variación 3: Impetuoso, l'istesso tempo

Ø  Variación 4: Vivacissimo

Ø  Variación 5: L'istesso tempo

Ø  Variación 6: L'istesso tempo

Ø  Variación 7: Sereno

Ø  Variación 8: Estatico

Ø  Variación 9: Quasi allegretto

Ø  Variación 10: Pastorale

Ø  Variación 11: Andantino poetico

Ø  Variación 12: Lento

Ø  Toccata – Finale: Tema

Vocal/choral

Ø  2 canciones, for voice and piano, Op. 3 (1938)

Ø  Cantos del Tucumán, for voice, flute, harp, percussion, and violin, Op. 4 (1938)

Ø  Psalm 150, for chorus, Op. 5 (1938)

Ø  5 cancionespopularesargentinas, for voice and piano, Op. 10 (1943)

Ø  Las horas de una estancia, for voice and piano, Op. 11 (1943)

Ø  Hieremiaeprophetaelamentationes, for chorus, Op. 14 (1946)

Ø  Cantata paraAméricamágica, for dramatic soprano and percussion orchestra, Op. 27 (1960)

Ø  Cantata Bomarzo, for soloists, narrator, and chamber orchestra, Op. 32 (1964)

Ø  Milena, for soprano and orchestra, Op. 37 (1971)

Ø  Serenata, for baritone, violoncello, wind quintet, percussion, harp, and double bass, Op. 42 (1973)

Ø  Turbaeadpassionemgregorianam, for soloists, chorus, boy's chorus and orchestra, Op. 43 (1975)

Ø  Canción del besorobado, for voice and piano (19??)

Chamber/solo instrumental

Ø  Duo, for flute and oboe, Op. 13 (1945)

Ø  Pampeana No. 1, for violin and piano, Op. 16 (1947)

Ø  String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 (1948)

Ø  Pampeana No. 2, for violoncello and piano, Op. 21 (1950)

Ø  String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958, Rev. 1968)

Ø  Piano Quintet, Op. 29 (1963)

Ø  String Quartet No. 3, for soprano and string quartet, Op. 40 (1973)

Ø  Puneña no.1, for flute, Op. 41 (1973, left incomplete at the time of the composer's death)

Ø  Puneña no.2 ("Hommage à Paul Sacher"), for violoncello, Op. 45 (1976)

Ø  Sonata for guitar, Op. 47 (1976, Rev. 1981)

Ø  Sonata, for violoncello and piano, Op. 49 (1979)

Works withdrawn by the composer (without opus number)

Ø  PiezasInfantiles, for piano (1934)

Ø  Impresiones de la Puna, for flute and string quartet (1934)

Ø  Conciertoargentino, for piano and orchestra (1936)

Ø  El arrierocanta, for chorus (1937)

Ø  Sonatina, for harp (1938)

Ø  Symphony No. 1 ("Porteña") (1942)

Ø  Symphony No. 2 ("Elegíaca") (1944)

Incidental/film music

Ø  Don Basiliomalcasado (1940)

Ø  Doña Clorinda la descontenta (1941)

Ø  Malambo (1942)

Ø  Rosa de América (1945)

Ø  Las antiguassemillas (1947)

Ø  Nace la libertad (1949)

Ø  El puente (1950)

Ø  Facundo, el tigre de los llanos (1952)

Ø  Caballitocriollo (1953)

Ø  Su seguroservidor (1954)

Ø  Los maridos de mamá (1956)

Ø  Enigma de mujer (1956)

Ø  Primavera de la vida (1958)

Ø  Hay quebañar al nene (1958)

Ø  El límite (1958)

Ø  A María del corazón (1960)

Ø  La doncellaprodigiosa (1961)

Discography

Ø  Cantata paraAméricaMágica, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, H. Temianka, conductor, and W. Kraft, director, Columbia Masterworks, 1963.

Ø  Complete works for piano, AndrzejPikul (piano), Dux Recording Producers, 2007.

Ø  Quartet No. 1, Paganini Quartet, Decca Gold Label.

Ø  Art Songs of Latin-America, Patricia Caicedo, soprano & Pau Casan, piano – Albert Moraleda Records, Barcelona, 2001 – Cincocancionespopularesargentinas by Ginastera&Canción al árbol del olvido

Ø  2007 – Flores Argentinas: Canciones de Ginastera y Guastavino / Inca Rose Duo: AnneliseSkovmand, voice; Pablo González Jazey, guitar. Cleo Productions, Cleo Prod 1002. Arrangements by González Jazey for voice and guitar of: "Cincocancionespopularesargentinas op.10" y "Dos canciones op.3"

Ø  Arrangement as "Toccata", Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery, 1973.

Ø  Complete piano solo and piano/chamber works, Barbara Nissman (piano) with Aurora Natola-Ginastera,(cello) Ruben Gonzales (violin) and the Thouvenel String Quartet, Pierian Records

Ø  PopolVuh – The Mayan Creation, Estancia, Panambi, Suite de DanzasCriollas (world premiere of orchestral version), Ollantay. Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor. London Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Naxos, 2010.

Ø  Panambi, Estancia (complete Ballets), Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor. Luis Gaeta, narrator/bass baritone. London Symphony Orchestra. Naxos, 1998&2006.

Ø  Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, Variacionesconcertantes. Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor. London Symphony Orchestra. Israel Chamber Orchestra. Naxos1995&2010.

Ø  John Antill: Corroboree ballet suite and Ginastera: Panambi ballet suite, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens, conductor, Everest stereo LP, SDBR 3003