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Alberto Ginastera

アルベルト・ヒナステラ　/　あるべると・ひなすてら

Composer from Argentina

April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983　・　Buenos Aires, Argentina

composer
musicologist
film score composer

My Take

Alberto Ginastera is the Argentine composer I reach for when I want classical music with real soil under it. His early work pulses with malambo rhythms and pampas color, then he pushed into thornier, more modernist territory, and that arc fascinates me. The Harp Concerto is the gateway piece, but his operas and the Estancia ballet are where the fire lives. He taught Piazzolla, which alone secures his place in the lineage. The data says American; he was Buenos Aires born, 1916 to 1983. One of the twentieth century's essential voices from the Americas, and criminally under-programmed outside specialist circles.

Overview

Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Catalan pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto eβaˈɾisto dʒinaˈsteɾa]; April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Alberto Ginastera
Name (Japanese): アルベルト・ヒナステラ
Reading: あるべると・ひなすてら
Born: April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Dragon
Origin: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / musicologist / film score composer / librettist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1942 Guggenheim Fellowship

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Harp Concerto	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A9

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