Gustavo Campa

Gustavo Emilio Campa (8 September 1863 in Mexico City – 29 October 1934) was a Mexican composer.[1] He studied piano with Felipe Larios and Julio Ituarte, and composition with Melisio Morales at the Conservatorio Nacional in Mexico City.[2] Campa went against Morales' well known passion for Italian style of composition and lead a group of rebellious students which embraced the French style.[3]

Gustavo Campa
Born
Gustavo Emilio Campa

(1863-09-08)September 8, 1863
Mexico City
DiedOctober 29, 1934(1934-10-29) (aged 71)
NationalityMexican
Occupationcomposer

In 1900 he was appointed professor of Composition and History of Music at the institution, a position he will hold until his retirement in 1925. In 1907, upon the death of Ricardo Castro,[4] Campa became the director of the Conservatorio.[5]

References
  1. Olsen, Dale; Sheehy, Daniel (2000). The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music (Second (2014) ed.). London, New York: Routledge. p. 186. ISBN 9781135900083.
  2. Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galván, Gary (2016-01-28). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary (Third ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 104. ISBN 9780810888715.
  3. Torres-Santos, Raymond (2017-01-13). Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America: A Comprehensive Guide. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 132. ISBN 9781475833195.
  4. "Ricardo Castro - Composer | Information". musopen.org. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  5. Corvera, Jorge Barrón (2004). Manuel María Ponce: A Bio-bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 5. ISBN 9780313318238.


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