Roque Cordero
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Roque Cordero
(b Panama City, 16 Aug 1917 ). Panamanian composer. He studied in the USA with Mitropoulos and Krenek, then became professor of composition at the National Institute of Music, Panama (1950-66). In 1966 he returned to the USA to teach at the Universities of Indiana (until 1972) and Illinois. His music is tonal and, from 1954, serial, using elements of Panamanian folklore; orchestral and chamber works form the bulk of his output, his mature 12-note writing at its most impressive in his Second and third Symphonies (1946, 1965), Violin Concerto (1962) and three string quartets (1960, 1968, 1973).
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Roque Cordero (August 16, 1917 – December 27, 2008) was a Panamanian composer.[1]
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Life
Born in Panama City, he studied composition under Ernst Krenek and conducting under Dimitri Mitropoulos, Stanley Chapple, and Leon Barzin before becoming director of the Institute of Music and Artistic Director and conductor of the National Symphony of his native country. Later he was assistant director of the Latin American Music Center (LAMúsiCa), professor of composition at Indiana University, and, from 1972, distinguished professor emeritus at Illinois State University.
His works have been widely performed in Latin America, the United States and Europe, receiving international awards for his First Symphony (Honorable Mention, Detroit, 1947), Rapsodia Campesina (First Prize, Panama, 1953), Second Symphony (Caro de Boesi Award, Caracas, Venezuela, 1957), Violin Concerto (1974 Koussevitzky International Recording Award), and Third String Quartet (Chamber Music Award, San José, Costa Rica, 1977). Several of his compositions have been recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta (Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Cedille Records) and various chamber music groups and soloists. He has appeared as guest conductor in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and in the United States. His "Sonata breve" for solo piano, composed in 1966, is published by C.F. Peters. His Second Symphony was performed by the Seattle Philharmonic in April 2008.
After retiring he spent the last eight years of his life living with his family in Dayton, Ohio, where he died at age 91 [2].
Music
Chamber Works
- Dodecaconcerto
- Dos Piezas Cortas
- Adagio Tragico, String Orchestra
- Elegy, String Orchestra
- Mensaje Funebre
- Movimiento Sinfonico, String Orchestra
- Ocho Miniaturas, Chamber Orchestra
- Paz, Paix, Peace, Harp and Ensemble
- Permutaciones 7
- Quinteto
- Soliloquios No. 1
- Soliloquios No. 2
- Soliloquios No. 3
- Sonata
- Sonatina
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2
- Tres Mensajes Breves, Viola and Piano
- Variations and Theme for Five, Woodwind Quintet
Orchestral Works
- Capricho Interiorano: Panamanian Folk Ballet Suite
- Cinco Mensajes Breves para Orquesta
- Concerto for Violin
- Momentum Jubilo
- Obertura de Salutacion
- Panamanian Overture No. 2
- Six Mobiles for Orchestra
- Symphony No. 1
- Symphony No. 2
- Symphony No. 3, With a Theme and Five Variations
- Symphony No. 4
Choral Works
- Cantata para la Paz
- Dos Pequenas Piezas Corales
Songs
- Musica Veinte, Vocal Soloists and Ensemble
Piano Works
- Duo 1954, Two Pianos
- Sonata Breve
- Sonatina Ritmica
References
- ^ De Lerma, Dominique-Rene. "African Heritage Symphonic Series". Liner note essay. Cedille Records CDR061.
- ^ Moss, Khalid. (December 29, 2008). "Classical composer dies weeks before concert ." Dayton Daily News. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
External links
- Peermusic Classical: Roque Cordero Composer's Publisher and Bio
- LAMúsica - Latin American Music Center at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
- Roque Cordero's Memorial Page from the Latin American Music Center at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
- Roque Cordero: The bigger secret of modern Music when it come to panamanian avantgarde music composer
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