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| ID | Century | Nation | Dates | Composer | Title | Choir | Solos | Instruments | Text | Season | Duration | Publisher | Recording | Library Info | Opus Info | Composer Head | Bio Info | Style | Works | Ref_Bio | Own |
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| 4 | 20 -21 | PAN | b 1974 | Robles, Samuel, b 1974, PAN:as | percussionist,teacher, fiction writer, conductor. | ||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | 20 | ARG | 1921-1992 | Adiós nonino: | arr men; | Eladia Blazques? | secular; | 4:11; | OCTWM; GDD; CNM.DCA; | tango; arr Roberto Goldar. | Piazzolla, Astor Pantaleón, 1921-1992, ARG: | bandonion player; b 11 Mar, Mar del Plata; d 5 Jul, Buenos Aires; educated in New York City, USA, teacher Bela Wilde; returned 1940; teachers A. Ginastera, Raúl Spivak, & Nadia Boulanger; prominent in “Nuevo Tango” movement; | orch, chamber, jazz, popular. | ||||||||
| 7 | 20 | ARG | b 1916, op 1980 | ????????? | Quiero dormir esta noche: | men TTBB ac; | 45p; | anthology Arg.REM; | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 20 - 21 | BRZ | 1919-1982 | Xaxado: | arr SATB mixed; | Port; | 2:15; | CIMS; | composers Luis Gonzaga & Hervê Cordovil; xaxado is a popular dance. | b Alagoa Grande in Paraíba; worked in bands; move to Recife, Pernambuco, 1948; worked in Radio, recorded; moved to Rio de Janeiro; over 137 records; | |||||||||||
| 9 | AAAA_LACC done | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | AAAA- LACC done | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | AAAA-entered LACC bio refs - need to decode | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | AAAA-LACC done through Calcaño, José Antonio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 20 | ARG | Abadi Sami | Abadi, Sami, b 1965, ARG: | b Buenos Aires; instrumentalist; electronic instruments & processing. | avant-garde; | includes music for film; | ref: site. | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 20? | ARG | Abalos, Adolfo | Pintao, El (O Gato): | arr choir; | composer; | secular; | 2:06 - 2:18; | gato from Argentina, arr Chango Farias Gómez; choral arr Oscar Escalada. | Ábalos, Adolfo, 20C, ARG: | leader, composer, & pianist of the folk group Los Hermanos Ábalos; other brothers: guitarist Marcelo Raúl “Machaco,” 1923-2000; percussionist Napoleón Benjamín “Machingo” 1913-2004; storyteller Roberto; and dancer Victor Manuel “Vitillo,” b 1922; | ref: site. | |||||||||
| 15 | 20 | ARG | Abalos, Adolfo, & Hnos Diaz | Pintão, El (O Gato): | arr choir; | composer; | secular; | GCC.FP, MFA, OE.CNM; | gato from Argentina, arr Eduardo Correa. | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 20 | ARG | fl ca 1939-2000 | Abalos, Hnos. | Nostalgias santiagueñas: | arr choir; | composer; | secular; | 4:00 - 4:06; | GCC.FP, MFA; | zamba; arr Eduardo Ferraudi. | Ábalos, Hnos, fl ca 1939-2000, ARG: | member of folk music vocal/instrumental group Los Hermanos Ábalos. | own CD | |||||||
| 17 | 20 | ARG | b 1922 | Abalos, Victor Manuel, “Vitillo” | Ábalos, Victor Manuel “Vitillo,” b 1922, ARG: | one of the folk group Los Hermanos Abalos. | ref: . | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | 20 | PERU | 1923-2017 | Abanto Morales, Luis | Quiéreme: | arr SATB mixed; | secular; | RMPeru; | arr Francisco Bernardo Pulgar-Vidal. | Abanto Morales, Luis, 1923-2017, PERU: | singer; b Trujillo; lives in Lima; | popular songs. | |||||||||
| 19 | 20 | PERU | b 1923 | Abanto Morales, Luis | Temas peruanos: | arr SATB mixed; | secular; | arr Ramiro Soriano Arce. | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 19 - 20 | VEN | 1870-1938 | Abarca, Angel Maria | Abarca, Angel María, 1870-1938, VEN: | publisher PDECP. | own (pf ops at IN-IUG.) | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 19 | GUA, ELS | Aberle, Juan | Salvadoran National Anthem. | Aberle, Juan, b 19C, ITALY, GUA, ELS: | b 19C, Italy; lived in GUA, then ElS; | bio: DMA, LACC, MLA. | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 20 - 21? | ARG? | Abito, Isaco | Abito, Isaco, 20 - 21C, ARG? | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | In Purgatorium (De profundis): | 4 parts; | ensemble (perc; str orch). | Latin; | sacred; | Abras, Juan Manuel, b 1975, ARG: | orchestra conductor; | ref: . | |||||||||
| 24 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Muchos rostros, una Madre: | 4 parts; | solos; | small orch (horn; harp; str). | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Mundame (Miserere): | 4 parts; | Psalm 50 (Latin); | sacred. | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Pentecostés (Veni Sancte Spiritus): | 4 parts; | elec tape;; | Latin; sacred. | Penetecost, sacred; | ||||||||||||
| 27 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Pésame (Actus contritionis): | 4 parts; | narrator; | ensemble (perc, piano, elec tape; cb). | Latin; | sacred; | |||||||||||
| 28 | 20 | BRZ | b 1948 | Abreu (Rebello), Sergio | Abreu (Rebello), Sérgio, b 1948, BRZ: | guitarist; brother of Eduardo, and grandson of Antonio Rebello; | bio: BB2001, LACC. | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 20 | BRZ | b 1949 | Abreu, Eduardo | Abreu, Eduardo, b 1948, BRZ: | guitarist; brother of Sérgio, and grandson of Antonio Rebello; | bio: LACC. | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 20 | VEN | 1939-2018 | Abreu, Jose Antonio | Madrigal: | SATB mixed; | Enrique Planchart; | secular; | 6p; | anthology MCC.MCV6, p17; FSCC; | movable C clefs for SAT. | Abreu, José Antonio, 1939-2008, VEN: | conductor, organist, harpsichordist; educated in Valera, then Caracas; teacher V.E. Sojo; founded El Sistema for choirs and orchestras, all over Venezuela, serves about 500,000 youth in 2018, emphasizes classical music; taught economics; Minister of Culture, director of CONAC (National Council of Culture); | bio: BB, CTA14, LACC. | |||||||
| 31 | 20 | VEN | b 1939 | Abreu, Jose Antonio | Sol que das vida a los trigos: | SATB mixed; | Manuel Felipe Rugeles; | secular; | 2p; | FSSC; | UDOCM. | ||||||||||
| 32 | 20 | VEN | b 1939 | Abreu, Jose Antonio | Tríptco: | SATB mixed; | collegium Musicum de VEN (library IN-IUG). | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 20 | CUBA, USA | b after 1960 | Abril, Carlos | Mambí, El: | arr SAB; | solo; | ensemble (flute perc, piano);; | secular; | 10p; | WLP #VTS39, Eng translation, program notes, pronunciation guide; | criolla, composer Luis Casas Romero & Sergio Lavilla. | Abril, Carlos, b after 1960, CUBA, USA: | educator; b ca 1960; musical family; fled Castro; kept Hispanic culture. | score | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | CUBA, USA | b ca 1960 | Abril, Carlos | Ogguere: | arr Unison | ensemble (fl or recorder, piano, opt Orff instr);; | WLP #VTS40, Englaish translation, program notes, pronunciation guide; | composer Gilberto Valdés; Afro-Cuban cradle song (cancion de cuna or nana); celebrates birth of Yoruba prince’s son; most Cuban slaves were Yoruba. | score | |||||||||||
| 35 | 20 | CUBA, USA | Abril, Carlos | Uno, dos y tres; | arr 2 parts; | solo; | ensemble (flute, perc, piano);; | secular; | 10p; | World Music Press VTS#45; | alternate title: ‘a lively cuban conga,’ composer Rafael Ortiz. | ||||||||||
| 36 | 20 - 21 | BRZ? | 1939-2011 | Acacio Santana, Jose | Eu quero apenas: | arr choir; | . | Acácio Santana, José, 1939-2011, BRZ? | b São Pedro de Alcântara; Santa Catarina; educator, poet, conductor Coral de Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; teachers F. Franceschini, Rodrigo Hermann, José Penalva & Joanídia Sodré; also studied in Cologne; Lutheran; ardent proponent of choral singing; | prolific composer of anthems, children’s songs, oratorio, opera. | |||||||||||
| 37 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Bernardo O’Higgins: | choir; | orch;; | secular; | 1950. | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.], 1896-1951, CHI: | educator; b 2 Apr, d 5 Jun, Santiago; educated at Conservatorio Nacional; | Nationallistic; | bio: DMEH. | ||||||||
| 38 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Meciendo: | choir; | orch;; | 1945. | |||||||||||||
| 39 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Nguillatún: | choir; | orch;; | 1924. | |||||||||||||
| 40 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Thamar: | choir; | orch. | ||||||||||||||
| 41 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1863-1911 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Sr.] | Salve Regina: | choir. | Latin; | sacred. | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Sr.], 1863-1911, CHI. | or Adevedo; organist, conductor; d 29 May; educated at Conservatorio Nacional de Chile and in Milan, IT, age 39; organist at churches in Santiago; | works: sacred choral, orch, organ, opera; piano work Minueto [op30] publisher Casa Amarilla, Santiago,1930, Series: Ediciones primavera; | bio: DMEH, HMC, LACC, MMLA. | |||||||||
| 42 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1863-1911 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Sr.] | Tantum ergo: | choir; | Latin; | sacred; | |||||||||||||
| 43 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1863-1911 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Sr.] | Te Deum: | choir; | Latin; | sacred; | |||||||||||||
| 44 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Arrullo: | 3 parts ac; | anthology Ac.AMG, p35; | 1981. | Acevedo [Vargas], Jorge Luis, b 1943, CR: | b 24 Aug, San José; educated at Universidad de CR, and France (Escola Normal Paris, ethnomusicology at Sorbonne) and choral conducting at Universidad Católica; Professor at Univesity of Costa Rica; | works: opera, orch, chamber, choir, voice; | bio: DMEH, FCC.MC. | |||||||||
| 45 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Cachito, El: | 3 parts; | piano;; | secular; | anthology Ac.AMG, p26; | 1981. | |||||||||||
| 46 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Callejera: | 2 parts ac; | anthology Ac.AMG, p37; | 1981. | |||||||||||||
| 47 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Campesino: | SATB mixed; | piano;; | secular; | anthology Ac.AMG, p29. | ||||||||||||
| 48 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Canto Indio 2-4-5: | SATB mixed; | secular; | 6p; | np. | ||||||||||||
| 49 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Canto Indio: | 2 parts ac; | secular; | anthology Ac.AMG, p32. | |||||||||||||
| 50 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Conejo: | 2 parts ac; | anthology Ac.AMG, p48. |