María Luisa Escobar

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Maria Luisa Escobar, from a 1922 publication.

María Luisa González Gragirena de Escobar (née María Luisa González Gragirena; known artistically by her married name María Luisa Escobar; also credited as Maritza Graxirena; 5 December 1903 – 14 May 1985) was a Venezuelan musicologist, pianist, composer, and

Red Cross (Valencia, 1921; Caracas, 1922–23).[2]

Early life and education

María Luisa González Gragirena was born in

Valencia in 5 December 1903, the daughter of Henrique A. González and Maria Gragirena y Mijarez de González.[2] At the age of five, she entered the Colegio de Lourdes where she began to study piano. A year later, she composed her first piece titled "Blanca, la niña Angélica" (Blanca, the girl Angélica). At the age of eight, she travelled with her parents to Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, and entered the Welgelegen Habaai School where she studied French and English in addition to piano, violin, and musical composition, concluding with a Baccalaureate in 1917.[3] Then, she moved to Paris to continue her studies of piano and composition in addition to singing under the tutelage of Jean Roger-Ducasse, Arthur Honegger and Charles Koechlin
.

Career

When she returned to Venezuela two years later she composed 16 pieces of musical theatre, a collaboration with poet Olga Capriles, and the musician and composer Juan Vicente Lecuna. In 1918 she married the German Federico Wolf and they moved to

Catalan maternal surname.[4][5]

In honor of her career as a researcher, musician, singer, and composer, as well as her fight in favor of authors and composers, María Luisa Escobar obtained the National Prize of Music in the year 1984, a few months before her death in Caracas on 14 May 1985.

Awards

Selected works

  • "Desesperanza"
  • "Como la primera vez"
  • "Vente con el alba"
  • "Noches de luna de Altamira"
  • "Contigo"
  • "Orquídeas azules" con letra de Mercedes Carvajal de Arocha (Lucila Palacios)
  • "Luna de Camoruco"
  • "La despedida"
  • "Caribe" tema de presentación de Radio Caracas (RCTV) durante mucho tiempo.
  • "La luz de mi ciudad"
  • "El marinero"
  • "No puedo olvidarte"
  • "Canción de oro"
  • "Sueño de Bolívar"
  • "Paraguaná"
  • "Curiana"
  • "Orinoco"
  • "Canción del aviador"
  • "Siete lunas"
  • "Siempre"
  • "Aleluya"
  • "Carnaval de candela"
  • "Concierto sentimental",
  • "Vals de concierto"
  • "Petit suite"
  • "Mi general Bolívar"
  • "Diez canciones sentimentales"
  • "Maria Lionza"

References

  1. ^ "Maria Luisa Escobar" (in Spanish). Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Martin & Cardozo 1940, p. 133.
  3. ^ a b Wolf, Carmen Cristina (27 August 2008). "María Luisa Escobar. Crónicas (I)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Grabaciones del Quinteto Ávila". Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ^ González Ubán, Arturo. "En honor a María Luisa Escobar" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2013.

Bibliography

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