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20th Century Venezuelan

SOJO, Vicente Emilio

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Born in Guatire, Dec 8, 1887 
Died in Caracas, Aug 11, 1974 

  • Sojo was a composer, conductor and musicologist. 
  • As Professor of Music Theory (1921), and later Director (1936), at the Escuela Nacional de Música, Sojo taught most major Venezuelan composers between 1930-1960. 
  • Sojo co-founded the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra in 1930. 
  • In 1982, the Instituto Vicente Emilio Sojo, a musicological institution focused on Venezuelan music, was founded in his honor.1
  • Biography from AllMusic 

Sources

  1. Alejandro Enrique Planchart, “Sojo, Vicente Emilio,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 5, 2021,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000026116.

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