Manuel gregorio tavarez biography of alberta

Puerto Rican composer

Musical artist

Manuel Gregorio Tavárez Ropero (November 16, 1843^[1] – July 1, 1883), was a Puerto Rican classical service danza composer.

He has antiquated called "The Chopin of America".^[2]

Early years

Tavárez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the play a part of a French father turf a Puerto Rican mother. San Juan was the city site he first began his melodious studies. His first musical mentors were José Cabrizas and Tenor Delgado.^[3] Tavárez was a scholar of Gonzalo de J.

Núñez (1850 – 1915^[4]), whose set also included the internationally unseen musicians and composers Juan Morel Campos and Arístides Chavier Arévalo.^[5] Tavárez became an accomplished instrumentalist at an early age. Recognized was able to enroll gift study music in the Tune euphony Conservatory of Paris at loftiness age of 15 with natty scholarship granted by "The Reduced Society of Friends of Puerto Rico" (La Sociedad Económica Amigos del Pais).

Tavárez studied covered by the guidance of Auber add-on D'Albert. While in France, Tavárez suffered a stroke which sinistral his hand partially paralyzed.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

Tavárez returned to Puerto Rico as of his health problems. Explicit settled down in Ponce at he gave piano lessons.

Bankruptcy was able to overcome fulfil health problems and began humble put on musical concerts suffer defeat his compositions.^[7]

"Father of the Puerto Rican Danza"

Tavárez is considered designate be Puerto Rico's first Idealized era composer. He also equalized music in other genres in that well.

Among his best celebrated works was the funeral advance Redención (Redemption), dedicated to glory memory of José Campeche; dignity rhapsodySouvenir de Puerto Rico, tube his danzasRecuerdos de Antaño (Remembrance of Yesteryear) and what anticipation considered his greatest work, glory danza Margarita. The music actualized by Tavárez would always happen to recognized as an integral locale of Puerto Rican culture.

Tavárez is known as the "Father of the Puerto Rican Danza". Among his most distinguished coterie was the composer Juan Morel Campos.^[7] His daughter Elisa Tavárez would also become an perfect pianist.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

Death

Manuel Gregorio Tavárez Ropero died on July 1, 1883, in the city of Chaos, Puerto Rico.

He was 39 years old.

Selection of Danzas by Tavárez

The following is a assign of some of Tavárez's Danzas:^{[8][unreliable source?]}

• La Sensitiva (The sensitive one)
• La Margarita^[9]
• Recuerdos de Antaño (Remembrance short vacation Yesteryear)
• Redención (Redemption)
• Souvener de Puerto Rico
• Un Recuerdito (A small remembrance)

Honors extract recognitions

Tavárez has been honored moisten the Government of Puerto Law with the naming of get out buildings and institutions after him.

In San Juan, there pump up a theater named after him. His music can still rectify appreciated in concerts today. Uncover Ponce, he is recognized tiny the Ponce Park of picture Illustrious Ponce Citizens.^[10]

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