Background
TELLO ROJAS, Rafael was born on September 5, 1872 in Mexico City, Mexico.
TELLO ROJAS, Rafael was born on September 5, 1872 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Educated Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia. Studied music with Carlos J. Meneses and Ricardo Castro.
Professor; Professor, later director, Conservatorio Nacional de Música. Professor., Escuela Normal de Maestros, and the faculty of music, University Nacional de México. Director, Institute de Preparación Musical para Maestros Normalistas.
Founder, Conservatorio Libre de México. Music critic, Excelsior. Member Ateneo Musical Mexicano (founder and president).
Composer: the operas Juno, Nicolás Bravo, Dos amores, El Oidor. Album de viaje, for small orchestra. Patria heroica, for chorus and orchestra.
Tríptico mexicano, symphonic poem. Marcha de las reservas civiles, for military band. Also many works of chamber music, religious music, symphony, piano.
Member Ateneo Musical Mexicano (founder and president). Composer: the operas Juno, Nicolás Bravo, Dos amores, El Oidor.