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| wdt_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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| 1 | 20 | ARG | Infancia, a los Niegan tu nombre, Las madres cuidadores; Los lyrios del campo: | choir; | Metacanto CD Morrina en Buenos AIres? | Lage, Gabriel Alejandro | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | O vos omnes: | mixed ac; | 3:12 | ASRM. | ? | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Portugal | 1759-1833 | Xula carioca: | choir; | Port; | 3:09; | MDBAC [lib CA-Stanford]; MEBAC; TBMEB; | 180 1; possibly anon comp. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 20 - -21 | ARG | b 1949 | SATB ac mixed; | 2:55; | 1992; comp Ariel Ramírez - Félix Luna. | Nacimiento, El: | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 20 | ARG | fl ca 1939-2000 | Abalos, Hnos. | Nostalgias santiagueñas: | arr choir; | comp; | secular; | 4:00 - 4:06; | GCCFP; MFA; | zamba; arr Eduardo Ferraudi. | Ábalos, Hnos, fl ca 1939-2000, ARG: | member of folk music vocal/instrumental group Los Hermanos Ábalos. | own CD | |||||||
| 6 | 20 | ARG | b 1922 | Abalos, Victor Manuel, “Vitillo” | Ábalos, Victor Manuel “Vitillo,” b 1922, ARG: | one of the folk group Los Hermanos Abalos. | ref: |
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| 7 | 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. | |||||||||
| 8 | 20 | PERU | b 1923 | Abanto Morales, Luis | Temas peruanos: | arr SATB mixed; | secular; | arr Ramiro Soriano Arce. | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 19 - 20 | VEN | 1870-1938 | Abarca, Angel Maria | Abarca, Angel María, 1870-1938, VEN: | publisher PDECP. | own (pf ops at IN-IUG.) | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 19 - 20 | Italy, GUA, ELS | 1846-1930 | Aberle, Juan | Salvadoran National Anthem. | Aberle, Juan, b 19C, Italy, GUA, ELS: | cond; b Naples,Italy; d San Salvador, ElS; lived in GUA, then ElS; founded and directed a cons in ElS; | opera, chamber; | bio: DMA, LACC, MLA. | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 20 - 21 | BRZ | b 1949 | Abrao, Sandra | Abrão, Sandra, b 1949, BRZ: | pianist | piano. | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 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: |
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| 13 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Mundame (Miserere): | 4 parts; | Psalm 50 (Latin); | sacred. | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Pentecostés (Veni Sancte Spiritus): | 4 parts; | elec tape;; | Latin; sacred. | Penetecost, sacred; | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 20 - 21 | ARG | b 1975 | Abras, Juan Manuel | Pésame (Actus contritionis): | 4 parts; | narr; | ensemble (perc, piano, elec tape; cb). | Latin; | sacred; | |||||||||||
| 16 | 20 - 21 | BRZ | b 1948 | Abreu (Rebello), Sergio | Abreu (Rebello), Sérgio, b 1948, BRZ: | guitarist; brother of Eduardo, and grandson of Antonio Rebello; | bio: BB2001, LACC. | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | 20 | BRZ | b 1949 | Abreu, Eduardo | Abreu, Eduardo, b 1948, BRZ: | guitarist; brother of Sérgio, and grandson of Antonio Rebello; | bio: LACC. | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | 20 - 21 | VEN | 1939-2018 | Abreu, Jose Antonio | Madrigal: | SATB mixed; | Enrique Planchart; | secular; | 6p; | anth 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 Cultu | bio: BB, CTA14, LACC. | |||||||
| 19 | 20 - 21 | VEN | 1939-2018 | Abreu, Jose Antonio | Sol que das vida a los trigos: | SATB mixed; | Manuel Felipe Rugeles; | secular; | 2p; | FSSC; | UDOCM. | ||||||||||
| 20 | 20 - 21 | VEN | 1939-2018 | Abreu, Jose Antonio | Tríptco: | SATB mixed; | Collegium Musicum de VEN, lib IN-IUG. | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 20 | CUBA, USA | b ca 1960 | Abril, Carlos | Mambí, El: | arr SAB; | solo; | ensemble (flute perc, piano);; | Servio Lavilla; | secular; | 10p; | WLP #VTS39, Eng translation, program notes, pronunciation guide; | criolla, comp Luis Casas Romero & Sergio Lavilla. | Abril, Carlos, b ca 1960, CUBA, USA: | educator; b ca 1960; musical family; fled Castro; kept Hispanic culture. | score | |||||
| 22 | 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; | comp Gilberto Valdés; Afro-Cuban cradle song (cancion de cuna or nana); celebrates birth of Yoruba prince’s son; most Cuban slaves were Yoruba. | score | |||||||||||
| 23 | 20 | CUBA, USA | b ca 1960 | Abril, Carlos | Uno, dos y tres: | arr 2 parts; | solo; | ensemble (flute, perc, piano);; | secular; | 10p; | WMP VTS#45; | alternate title: ‘a lively cuban conga,’ comp Rafael Ortiz. | |||||||||
| 24 | 20 - 21 | BRZ? | 1939-2011 | Acacio Santana, Jose | Eu quero apenas: | arr choir; | Port; | Acácio Santana, José, 1939-2011, BRZ? | b São Pedro de Alcântara; Santa Catarina; educator, poet, conductor Coral de Univ Federal de Santa Catarina; teachers F. Franceschini, Rodrigo Hermann, José Penalva and Joanídia Sodré; also studied in Cologne; played in Lutheran, Episcopal and Method | prolific composer of anthems, children’s songs, oratorio, opera. | |||||||||||
| 25 | 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. | ||||||||
| 26 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Meciendo: | choir; | orch;; | 1945 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Nguillatún: | choir; | orch;; | 1924 | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1896-1951 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Jr.] | Thamar: | choir; | orch. | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 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. | |||||||||
| 30 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1863-1911 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Sr.] | Tantum ergo: | choir; | Latin; | sacred; | |||||||||||||
| 31 | 19 - 20 | CHI | 1863-1911 | Acevedo Guajardo, Remigio [Sr.] | Te Deum: | choir; | Latin; | sacred; | |||||||||||||
| 32 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Arrullo: | 3 parts ac; | anth Ac.AMG, p35; | 1981 | Acevedo [Vargas], Jorge Luis, b 1943, CR: | b 24 Aug, San José; educated at Univ de CR, and France (Escola Normal Paris, ethnomusicology at Sorbonne) and choral cond at Univ Católica; Pror at Univ of CR; | works: opera, orch, chamber, choir, voice; | bio: DMEH, FCC.MC. | |||||||||
| 33 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Cachito, El: | 3 parts; | piano;; | secular; | anth Ac.AMG, p26; | 1981 | |||||||||||
| 34 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Callejera: | 2 parts ac; | anth Ac.AMG, p37; | 1981 | |||||||||||||
| 35 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Campesino: | SATB mixed; | piano;; | secular; | anth Ac.AMG, p29. | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Canto Indio 2-4-5: | SATB mixed; | secular; | 6p; | np. | ||||||||||||
| 37 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Canto Indio: | 2 parts ac; | secular; | anth Ac.AMG, p32. | |||||||||||||
| 38 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Conejo: | 2 parts ac; | anth Ac.AMG, p48. | ||||||||||||||
| 39 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Indio: | SATB mixed; | piano;; | anth Ac.AMG. | |||||||||||||
| 40 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Indios promesanos: | 4 parts ac; | secular; | anth Ac.AMG, p38. | |||||||||||||
| 41 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Patriótica costarricense: | SATB mixed; | secular; | np. | |||||||||||||
| 42 | 20 - 21 | CR | b 1943 | Acevedo, Jorge L. | Retahilas: | 3 parts; | piano;; | anth Ac.AMG, p26; | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | 20 - 21 | COL | Acevedo, Nelson | Aguinaldo criollo (Espléndida luna): | arr SATB mixed; | Nestor Acevedo; | 4:00, 11p; | CoroElec (ed. Pedro Nuñez Merchán, p 33-43; anth Coral la Electricidad de Caracas); | harmonization Gilberto Rebolledo; jazz, secular, rather difficult, pluritonal. | Acevedo, Nelson: 1897-, COL: | pianist, educator; 20 / 21C, Bogotá; studied under Santos Cifuentes and María Cifuentes at Beethoven Academy, Bogotá; then Eliseo Hernández and Honorio Alarcón, harmony with Guillermo Uribe Holguín; moved to Barcelona, 1931; studied at Marshall Aca | piano and sacred; | bio: LACC, MMLA. | ||||||||
| 44 | 19 - 20 | COL | b 1897 | Acosta de Baron, Josefina | Romanza de la fuente (Fuentecilla gentil): | 3 equal parts; | secular; | ms Centro de Documentación Coral Rodolfo Perez Gonzalez, Medellín, COL. | Acosta de Barón, Josefina, b 1897, COL: | educated in Colombia, and Barcelona, Spain; | piano and chorus. | ||||||||||
| 45 | 20 | VEN | 1899-1957 | Acosta Gadea, Cecilio | Sueño de Acibar, zarzuela. | Acosta Gadea, Cecílio, 1899-1957, VEN: | pianist, writer; b Caracas; established daily newspaper El Cuidadano; | works for piano, zarzuela, voice. | |||||||||||||
| 46 | 20 - 21 | PERU | 1930-2015 | Acosta Ojeda, Manuel | Acosta Ojeda, Manuel, 1930-2015, PERU: | singer costeños y andinos; writer; founder/president (in 2004) of SAYCOPE (Sindicato de Autores y Compositores del Perú). | |||||||||||||||
| 47 | 20 - 21 | COL | b 1970 | Acosta Restrepo, Rodolfo | Missa brevis: | chamber choir; | organ, bell;; | Latin? | sacred; | 1995; premiere at Sta. Bibiana Church, July 1995, Bogotá, COL. | Acosta Restrepo, Rodolfo, b 1970, COL. | b 2 Nov, Bogotá; graduate of Univ de Los Andes, 1995; also educated in USA, France, Netherlands, and MEX; has won national composition prizes; has taught at several universities in COL; has lived also in USA, Honduras, and Haitiin Bogotá 2003; see Direc | ref: |
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| 48 | 20 - 21 | COL | b 1970 | Acosta Restrepo, Rodolfo | Requiescat in pace: | SATB ac; | Liturgy (Latin); | funeral, sacred; | 3p; | MinCultCOL, 2001. | dedicated to Raoul Bleir; commissioned by J. C. Rivas; premiere at Los Libertadores Church, June 1993, Bogotá, COL; prem at Colón Theater, Oct 1997, Bogotá, COL. | ||||||||||
| 49 | 20 | ARG | 1902-1956 | Acosta Villafane, Manuel Cesar | Borrachito, El: | arr SATB mixed; | 4p; | Coeur de Joie France, #ACJ 3000; | ballecito; arr Jean-Michel Cayre. | Acosta Villafañe, Manuel César, 1902-1956, ARG: | b Catamarca; folklorist; brother of Carlos Quintino. | ||||||||||
| 50 | 20 | ARG | 1902-1956 | Acosta Villafane, Manuel Cesar | Vidala del culampajá: | arr SATB ac mixed; | comp; | secular; | 2:50, 2p; | Mansilla, diff 2 of 5, B of E; | R.J. Mansilla; | baguala; folk song; 1983; ‘calm;’ D minor; arr Ricardo Javier Mansilla. |