Was Born in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, April 11 1916. He died in Geneva, Suíza, June
25 1983.
Their first important work was the ballet Penambí
that made it well-known in all Argentina.
Of 1945 at 1948 abandons their country due to their
terrible relationship with Perón. He goes for United States,
where he studies with Copland and Tanglewood.
Near 1956 he expands their musical style beyond the limits of
the nationality. It is the time of excellent works.
In 1969 it leaves Argentina again and he/she will
live in Geneva, Suíza.
Their music is essentially traditionalist. An eclectic synthesis
of technical of several musical schools is evident in its more
famous composition, the opera Bomarzo.
It was famous as composer of strong nationalist feeling, in
spite of having influences of the international music that took
place in Europe after the Second World War.
Their work can be divided in 3 periods: objective nationalism,
subjective nationalism and neo-expressionism.
Their first works belong to the first period. He
characterized that period like a stage of objective nationalism
in which the characteristics of the folkloric music reproduced
openly. It uses the Argentinean folklore and it is influenced
by Stravinsky, Bartok and Falla. They are of this period: Danzas
Argentinas op. 2 for piano, Estancia (ballet), the Cinco Canciones
Populares Argentinas, Las Horas de una Estancia and Pampeana
nº 1. The premiere of the orchestral suite of its ballet Estancia,
consolidated its position inside Argentina.
Starting from 1948 it begins to use technical of
more advanced composition. It is the period of subjective nationalism,
without positions revolutionaries. He abandons the traditional
popular elements in spite of continuing to use them symbolically.
He never abandons the Argentinean traditions. They are of this
phase Pampeana n. 3 for orchestra, and Sonata for piano n. 1.
During that second period that begins with the Sonata for piano,
Ginastera adopted the twelve-tones technical . Their conception
to regarding the technique it was always free and completely
personal and their music always had characteristic unmistakably
nationalist. The Quartet of string nº 2 has the same rhythmic
quality that he/she appeared in its first works and, in spite
of the use of twelve-tones technical , that quartet is essentially
tonal. In this period the ethnic characteristics, in spite of
present with a heightened form, are applied in a less conscious
way.
The period neo-expresionist,
begins approximately in 1958. It is marked by a continuous search
of the most advanced technical procedures and a decrease of the
importance that it granted to the explicit national characteristics
until little. There is not more folklore but it continues there
being Argentinean elements, as him same he/she said. Besides an
approach every bigger time to the twelve tones form, he responded
to some of the new currents that arose after the Second World
War integrating certain aspects of the aleatory composition and
microtonal inside their own general stylistic orientation. The
most important works in this period were the operas Don Rodrigo,
Bomarzo and Beatrix Cenci that had great success and they located
it as the most important Latin American composer in their time.
Of this last period we still have two Concerts for piano, a Concert
for violin, the Popul Vuh for orchestra, the Concert n. 2 for
cello and it orchestrates and the Cantata for Magic America.
