Alberto Williams

Alberto Williams was born in Buenos Aires, on Nov 23 1862, Alberto death was in Buenos Aires, June 17 1952.Alberto Williams was a Argentine composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. Alberto started composing at an early age because his family were musicians. Alberto first started his lessons with Pedro beck later on in the school of musica dela provincia he studied with Luis bernasconi who taught piano, Nicolas bassi who taught harmony and Benjamin godard who taught instrumentals ensemble. in 1879 Alberto Williams had his first public performance at the Sociedad del Cuarteto concert organized by Bernasconi. in1881 he published his first work, the mazurka Ensueño de juventud.Alberto won A scholarship that took him to the Paris Conservatoire in 1882.while In Paris albertos piano works where published such as the Souvenir d’enfance op.2 and mazurca op.3 . in 1889 Alberto went back to Argentina to do recitals and he exposed himself to folk music until he learned how to combine them into compositions.Alberto was one of the first composers to use folk music in symphonies.there were a couple of concerts he founded and conducted, which are the athenaeum Concerts which was in 1894, the National Library Concerts which was in1902, the Popular Concerts and the Buenos Aires Conservatory Concerts.Alberto Williams was also interested in music education, he was interested in the progress of teaching methods he learned in Europe.Alberto went back to Europe to conduct the Berlin concert,while in Paris in 1930 Alberto had three concerts of his music .1910 through 1933 Alberto had produced six of nine symphonies.


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Sources:
Susana Salgado. "Williams, Alberto." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 10 Mar. 2012 <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/30339 >.




''Orch: Primera obertura de concierto, 1889; 9 syms., 1907, 1910, 1911, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1937, 1938, 1939; 5 danzas argentinas-milongas, 1912; Primera suite argentina, str, 1923; Las milongas de la orquesta, 1938; Poema del Iguazú, 1943; Aires de la pampa, 1944; 11 other works Chbr: 3 sonatas, vn, pf, 1905, 1906, 1907; Sonata, vc, pf, 1906; Pf Trio no.1, 1907; 4 other works Pf: El rancho abandonado, 1890; Primera sonata argentina, 1917; 100 other works Vocal: 15 choral works, 75 songs 19 essays; many textbooks on music, piano technique, solfège; musical editions''