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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 27 February 1890 — San salvador — El Salvador

Died: 4 June 1978 — San salvador — El Salvador

• Nahualismo - Ballet
• Ofrenda de la Elegida
• Danza del Incienso
• Dances for Piano - Later orchestrated
• La Campana Llora - Song
• Los Tecomatillos - Song
• Can-Calagui-Tunal - Song

She studied piano with her mother and solfeggio with Agustín Solórzano. Later she studied with María Zimmerman and Antonio Gianoli at the National Conservatory of Music in San Salvador. She furthered her musical knowledge with Agustín Roig and Vicente de Arrillaga. Founder of the asocíation de Amigos del Arte. President of the Research Committee on National Folklore and Native Art of the Minstry of Public Education.

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She was born in San Salvador on February 27th,1890, and died in the same city on June 4th, 1978. She’s considered the first researcher of the salvadorenian folklore and she conducted several musical studies with the masters Agustín Solórzano, Juan Aberle, Vicente de Arrillaga, Alfredo Villalba and Antonio Yianilli. Between 1926 and 1938, she performed piano concerts in the main conservatories and art centres of America and Europe. Furthermore, she represented the country in several americanist and folklore congresses.

She was a member of the Ateneo El Salvador, the Academia Salvadoreña de la Historia,the Unión de Mujeres de las Americanas and was elected Mujer de las Americas (New York, 1962).

She wrote 14 musical pieces and 15 folklore pieces about local themes. Only a few of her works were published. Among them, Canto al sol, Ofrenda de la elegida, Los tecomatillos, Nahualismo, El teocalli (ballet), Procesión hierática, Danza del incienso, El cancionero de la jarra verde and her important Cuzcatlán Típico stand out.

(contribution by <cavecanem1981hotmail.com>)

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