Luis H. Salgado

Luis Humberto Salgado ( born December 10, 1903 in Cayambe, † December 11, 1977 in Quito ) was an Ecuadorian composer, and pianist.

Life

Salgado studied until 1925 at the Conservatory of Quito, where he worked as a conductor and professor from 1934 to 1952. He then worked as a freelance composer.

He composed four operas, an operetta, a melodrama and several ballets, nine symphonies and two symphonic poem, three piano concertos, a violin and a viola concerto, chamber music, piano pieces and choral works.

Works

  • Suite Atahualpa o el ocaso de un imperio for symphony orchestra, 1933
  • Canto de libertad, 1936
  • Cumandá (Opera), 1940-1954
  • Alma nativa, 1945
  • Primera Sinfonia ecuatoriana, 1945-1949
  • El Amano ( ballet ), 1947;
  • Qué lindo es el cariño, 1947
  • Quiteño de Quito, 1949
  • Homenaje a la danza criolla ( symphonic poem ), 1959
  • Aidita ( canción de cuna ), 1961
  • El páramo: preludio andino Ecuatoriano; Ferviente anhelo, 1969
  • Sanjuanito futurista: Micro Danza para piano
  • Variaciones en estilo Folklórico
  • La Ñusta
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