Alberto Williams

Alberto Williams ( born November 23, 1862 in Buenos Aires, † June 17, 1952 ) was an Argentine composer and conductor.

Life

Alberto Williams was born into a musical family; Grandfather Benjamin Williams was born in Exeter. He received his first musical education in his hometown. 1882 gave him a scholarship pursuing studies at the Paris Conservatory. His composition teachers included, inter alia, Benjamin Godard and especially César Franck.

In 1889 he returned to Argentina, where he worked as a piano teacher, pianist, conductor and composer. In Buenos Aires, he founded the Conservatorio de Música de 1893 Buenos Aires, which opened more than 100 branches across the country. The line of the Conservatory he held until 1941. Moreover, he held leadership positions in various Argentine musical groups and was active as a writer. His extensive activities earned him the apostrophizing the "father of Argentine music " a.

Work

Alberto Williams' work includes 136 provided with opus numbers works, including nine symphonies, which carry almost all programmatic titles. In addition to other orchestral works he wrote chamber music, choirs, songs and character pieces for piano, with El rancho abandonado special gained popularity.

Williams' music is marked by the German and French Romanticism and by Impressionism. Three creative phases are distinguished: On a first heavily influenced by European musical ideas phase was followed from 1890 to 1910 the inclusion of national folk music elements in his work. 1910 The third period, the increased re-opens global contemporary trends begins with his Symphony No. 2.

Orchestral works

  • Op. 15: Primera obertura de concierto (1889 )
  • Op. 18: Segunda obertura de concierto (1892 )
  • Op. 30: Miniatures. Primera suite (1890)
  • Op. 31: Miniatures. Segunda suite (1890)
  • Op. 44: Symphony No. 1 in B minor (1907 )
  • Op. 55: Symphony No. 2 in C minor " La bruja de las montañas " (1910 )
  • Op. 56: Marcha del Centenario (1910 )
  • Op. 58: Symphony No. 3 in F major " La selva sagrada " (1911 )
  • Op. 60: Poema de las Campanas (1913 )
  • Op. 63: Cinco danzas argentinas ( 1921)
  • Op. 88: Poema de los mares australes (1933 )
  • Op. 98: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major " Eli Athaiah - caminos " (1935 )
  • Op. 100: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major " El corazón de la muñeca " (1936 )
  • Op. 102: Symphony No. 6 in B major " La muerte del cometa " (1937 )
  • Op. 103: Symphony No. 7 in D " Eterno reposo " (1937 )
  • Op. 104: Symphony No. 8 in F minor " La esfinge " (1938 )
  • Op. 107: Las milongas de la orquesta (1938 )
  • Op. 108: Symphony No. 9 in B " Los batracios " (La Humoristica ) ( 1939)
  • Op. 115: Poema del Iguazú ( 1943)
  • Op. 117: " Aires de la Pampa ". Milongas, 2 Suites (1944 )
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