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GINASTERA, Alberto E was born on April 11, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Alberto E GINASTERA
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Alberto E GINASTERA, Argentinian musician;. Awards: prizes from national fine arts commission (1938), national culture commission (1938, 1939, 1940, 1943), municipality of Buenos Aires (1939, 1940). Member: Academy, de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina, Institute Interamericano de Musicología, Rotary.
Education
Graduated Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Escénico. 1938; Guggenheim fellowship to study in United States, 1946-1947.
Career
Professor, of theory and harmony, Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Escénico, since 1941.
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Alberto Evaristo Ginastera is considered one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. He employed both national idioms of his native Argentina and a variety of avant-garde techniques in developing a unique style.
Popularly, Ginsatera is best known for having his "Toccata" (1st piano concerto, 4th movement), arranged by keyboardist Keith Emerson and set to synthesized instruments by the Progressive rock super group Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Brain Salad Surgery (1972), with a special percussion movement added by ELP member Carl Palmer.
Membership
Member: Academy, de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina, Institute Interamericano de Musicología, Rotary.
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Resting place
Cimetière des Rois, Geneva, Switzerland -
Nationality
Argentinian
Awards
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Awards: prizes from national fine arts commission (1938), national culture commission (1938, 1939, 1940, 1943), municipality of Buenos Aires (1939, 1940).Awards: prizes from national fine arts commission (1938), national culture commission (1938, 1939, 1940, 1943), municipality of Buenos Aires (1939, 1940).