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20th Century Argentinian

GUASTAVINO, Carlos

Carlos Guastavino

Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, April 5, 1912
Died in Santa Fe, Argentina, Oct 29, 20001

  • Carlos Guastavino’s music is almost entirely made up of “miniatures,” i.e., songs for voice and piano and piano character pieces.
    • Guastavino has been referred to as “The Argentine Schubert” or “The Schubert of the Pampas” due to his extensive output of art songs.2
  • The composer strongly opposed mid-20th-century contemporary musical trends and never diverged from tonal harmony and traditional forms. His music has a nationalist sentiment and portrays a tender nostalgia for his homeland.
  • Guastavino maintained a long collaborative friendship with poet León Benarós (translate to English), whose words Guastavino set to music in more than 60 songs.3

Guastavino’s obituary in The Guardian

Sources

  1. Jonathan Kulp, “Guastavino, Carlos,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 15, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000045219.
  2. Jonathan Kulp, “Carlos Guastavino: The Intersection of ‘Música Culta’ and ‘Música Popular’ in Argentine Song,” Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana 24, no. 1 (2003): 42–61, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3598712.
  3. Jonathan Kulp, “Guastavino, Carlos,” Grove Music Online.

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