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Alberto Ginastera
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Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.
Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires to a Catalan father and an Italian mother. He preferred to pronounce his surname in its Catalan pronunciation, with an English J sound ( JEE-nah-STEH-rah) rather than a Castilian H sound.
Ginastera grouped his music into three periods: "Objective Nationalism" , "Subjective Nationalism" , and "Neo-Expressionism" . Among other distinguishing features, these periods vary in their use of traditional Argentine musical elements. His Objective Nationalistic works often integrate Argentine folk themes in a straightforward fashion, while works in the later periods incorporated traditional elements in increasingly abstracted forms.
Related websites
Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22 - Ruvido Ed Ostinato
Chronology of Ginastera's works
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