Gilardo Gilardi facts for kids
Gilardo Gilardi (born May 25, 1889 – died January 16, 1963) was an important Argentine musician. He was a talented composer, who wrote music, a pianist, who played the piano, and a conductor, who led orchestras. A music school in La Plata, Buenos Aires, is named after him: the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music.
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Gilardo Gilardi's Early Life and Music
Gilardo Gilardi was born in San Fernando, Argentina. He first learned about music from his father. Later, he studied with a famous composer named Arturo Berutti in Buenos Aires. Gilardi started writing music when he was a teenager.
When he was just 23, his first opera, Ilse, was performed for the first time. This happened at the famous Teatro Colón opera house.
His Musical Journey and Discoveries
In 1929, Gilardi helped start a music group called Renovación (which means "Renovation"). He left the group three years later, in 1932. He also taught music as a professor at the University of La Plata. He even wrote a simple book to help people learn about harmony in music.
Gilardi loved to try new things with music. He explored using the pentatonic scale, which is a musical scale with five notes. He also studied and used music from the Americas' Indigenous cultures in his own works.
Famous Works by Gilardi
Gilardi created many important musical pieces. Some of his well-known works include:
- The operas Ilse (from 1923) and La leyenda del Urutaú (The legend of the Urutaú) (from 1935).
- Primera serie argentina (First Argentine series).
- Evocación quechua.
- Gaucho con botas nuevas (Gaucho with new boots), a piece for orchestra from 1938. This work won a national prize in 1939.
He also wrote beautiful religious music. His Réquiem (from 1933) and Misa de Gloria (Glory Mass) (from 1936) are especially admired. Besides these, he composed chamber music, which is music for a small group of instruments. These include:
- A Sonata for violin and piano.
- Songs for voice and piano.
- An Argentine popular Sonata for violin and piano.
- Various pieces just for the piano.
Gilardi's Students
Gilardi was also a teacher. Some of his students who became well-known musicians include Regina Benavente, Ana Serrano Redonnet, Julia Stilman-Lasansky, and Susana Baron Supervielle.
Works
- Ilse, opera based on a Libretto of Cosimo Giogeri Contri, 1919, UA 13 July 1923
- La leyenda del urutaú, opera based on a Libretto of José Oliva Nogueira, 1929, UA 25 October 1934
- Primera serie argentina
- Evocación quechua
- Réquiem, 1933
- Misa de Gloria, 1936
- Gaucho con botas nuevas, symphonic poem, 1938
- Ollantay, incidental music for the play of Ricardo Rojas, 1939
- Sonata para violín y piano
- Canciones para canto y piano
- Sonata popular argentina para violín y piano
