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Late Romantic Mexican

CAMPA, Gustavo E.

Born in Mexico City, Sept 8, 1863
Died in Mexico City, Oct 29, 1934

  • Campa taught composition at Mexico City Conservatory, and also edited a music journal for a Mexico City music publisher.1
  • He was honored by the Mexican government: 2
    • In 1884 his Himno sinfónico was played at the opening of the Mexican National Library
    • In 1900 he served as a delegate to an international congress in Paris.
  • Campa was part of a group of composers who called themselves The Group of Six who wanted to promote “Mexican composers’ aesthetic principles, so as to create a truly national art.”3

Short biography

Sources

  1. Robert Stevenson, “Campa, Gustavo E(milio),” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 15, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000004667.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Lázaro Azar Boldo, “Echoes of a Bicentennial Mexico,” liner notes to Mi Alma Mexicana, Alondra de la Parra, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americans, Sony 75555, CD, 2010.

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