Lino Gallardo

Lino Gallardo (* 1773 in Ocumare del Tuy, † December 22, 1837 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan composer, conductor and strings.

Gallardo, whose parents died early, grew up to 1794 when Juan Manuel Olivares, in which he also received his musical training and then worked as a violinist, cellist, bassist and conductor in Caracas. He was involved in the conspiracy against the Spanish colonial rule from 1808 to 1810 and member of the Sociedad Patriótica.

He composed in this period, patriotic songs, which the most popular Canción americana was. In 1810 he founded an orchestra in Caracas, with which he gave concerts in the City Theatre. After the fall of the first Venezuelan republic in 1812 he came to La Guaira in custody. After the liberation of Caracas by Simón Bolívar in 1818 he founded the Sociedad Filarmónica de Caracas, which acted as a music school and concert society at the same time. Gallardo worked here at the same time as the director of the orchestra and the music school. One of his students was Quintin Rengifo. In 1824 he was appointed maestro mayor de música of Caracas.

In 1827 he composed a patriotic song in honor of Simón Bolívar ( Bolívar, la fama Elevo ); he is also - as a possible composer of the later Venezuelan National Anthem Gloria al bravo pueblo - next to Juan José Landaeta.

  • Composer ( classical)
  • Composer ( Venezuela)
  • Conductor
  • Venezuelan
  • Born in 1773
  • Died in 1837
  • Man
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