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13/02/14 09:37 Ugarte, Floro M(elitón) Pagina 1 di 2 file:///Users/lippolis/Downloads/Grove/Entries/S28707.htm Ugarte, Floro M(elitón) (b Buenos Aires, 15 Sept 1884; d Buenos Aires, 11 June 1975). Argentine composer and teacher. He received his earliest musical training from Hercules Galvani (violin) and Cayetano Troiani (harmony) in Buenos Aires. Later, he attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied harmony with Pessard and Lavignac and counterpoint, orchestration and composition with Félix Fourdrain. After completing his education in 1913, he returned to Buenos Aires, where he held various teaching positions, including professorships at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música and the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He served as a member of the Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes and as president of the Sociedad Nacional de Música (later the Asociación Argentina de Compositores). He had a longstanding association with the Teatro Colón, serving on its board of directors (1924–7) and acting as technical director (1930) and general director (1937–43, 1946, 1956) of the theatre. Ugarte is recognized as one of the leading composers of his generation and a principal proponent of Argentine musical nationalism. His early works show traces of French Impressionism; later, he infused his style and melodic, rhythmic and harmonic suggestions derived from Argentine folk music. His works of the 1940s and beyond reveal an abstract compositional approach, avoiding overt folkloric references. Ugarte composed in all genres. His one-act fairy-tale opera, Saika (1918), and his indigenous ballet, El junco (1944), both received performances at the Teatro Colón. His Violin Sonata (1928) stands as one of the most important works of the Argentine chamber music repertoire. His charming song, Caballito criollo (1928) reveals a potent use of national idioms and expressive capabilities within a concentrated form. WORKS (selective list) Stage: Saika, (op. 1, Ugarte), 1918, Buenos Aires, Colón, 22 July 1920; El junco, (choreog. poem, 1, E. Morales), 1944, Buenos Aires, Colón, 27 Oct 1955 Orch: Entre las montañas, sym. poem, 1922; De mi tierra, suite, 2 series, 1923, 1934; La rebelión del agua, sym. poem, 1931; Sym., A, 1946; Tango, 1950; Vn Conc., 1963 Chbr: Pf Qt, 1921; Vn Sonata, 1928; Str Qt, 1935 Pf: Preludio, g, 1945; 5 preludios, 1945; Vidala, 1948; Lamento campero, 1949; Ronroncitos, 1952 Songs: Baladas argentinas (F. Ugarte), 1v, pf, 1918; Caballito criollo (B. Roldán), 1v, pf, 1928; Ofrenda (M. A. Camino), 1v, pf, 1934; La Shulca (R. Jijena Sánchez), 1v, pf, 1934; Naides (A. Dentone), 1v, pf, 1953; Revelación (E. Morales), 1v, pf, 1954 Pedagogical Works Principal publishers: Ricordi Americana, Lottermoser, Editorial Argentina de Compositores BIBLIOGRAPHY M. Kuss: ‘La contribución de Floro Ugarte a la formación del teatro lírico argentino’, Heterofonía vii/6 (1974), 17–21 M. Kuss: Nativistic Strains in Argentine Operas Premiered at the Teatro Colón (1908– 1972) (PhD diss., UCLA, 1976)
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13/02/14 09:37Ugarte, Floro M(elitón)
Pagina 1 di 2file:///Users/lippolis/Downloads/Grove/Entries/S28707.htm
Ugarte, Floro M(elitón)(b Buenos Aires, 15 Sept 1884; d Buenos Aires, 11 June 1975). Argentine composerand teacher. He received his earliest musical training from Hercules Galvani (violin)and Cayetano Troiani (harmony) in Buenos Aires. Later, he attended the ParisConservatoire, where he studied harmony with Pessard and Lavignac andcounterpoint, orchestration and composition with Félix Fourdrain. After completing hiseducation in 1913, he returned to Buenos Aires, where he held various teachingpositions, including professorships at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música and theUniversidad Nacional de La Plata. He served as a member of the Comisión Nacionalde Bellas Artes and as president of the Sociedad Nacional de Música (later theAsociación Argentina de Compositores). He had a longstanding association with theTeatro Colón, serving on its board of directors (1924–7) and acting as technicaldirector (1930) and general director (1937–43, 1946, 1956) of the theatre.Ugarte is recognized as one of the leading composers of his generation and aprincipal proponent of Argentine musical nationalism. His early works show traces ofFrench Impressionism; later, he infused his style and melodic, rhythmic and harmonicsuggestions derived from Argentine folk music. His works of the 1940s and beyondreveal an abstract compositional approach, avoiding overt folkloric references. Ugartecomposed in all genres. His one-act fairy-tale opera, Saika (1918), and his indigenousballet, El junco (1944), both received performances at the Teatro Colón. His ViolinSonata (1928) stands as one of the most important works of the Argentine chambermusic repertoire. His charming song, Caballito criollo (1928) reveals a potent use ofnational idioms and expressive capabilities within a concentrated form.WORKS(selective list)
Stage: Saika, (op. 1, Ugarte), 1918, Buenos Aires, Colón, 22 July 1920; El junco,(choreog. poem, 1, E. Morales), 1944, Buenos Aires, Colón, 27 Oct 1955Orch: Entre las montañas, sym. poem, 1922; De mi tierra, suite, 2 series, 1923,1934; La rebelión del agua, sym. poem, 1931; Sym., A, 1946; Tango, 1950; VnConc., 1963Chbr: Pf Qt, 1921; Vn Sonata, 1928; Str Qt, 1935Pf: Preludio, g, 1945; 5 preludios, 1945; Vidala, 1948; Lamento campero, 1949;Ronroncitos, 1952Songs: Baladas argentinas (F. Ugarte), 1v, pf, 1918; Caballito criollo (B. Roldán), 1v,pf, 1928; Ofrenda (M. A. Camino), 1v, pf, 1934; La Shulca (R. Jijena Sánchez), 1v,pf, 1934; Naides (A. Dentone), 1v, pf, 1953; Revelación (E. Morales), 1v, pf, 1954Pedagogical Works
Principal publishers: Ricordi Americana, Lottermoser, Editorial Argentina de Compositores
BIBLIOGRAPHYM. Kuss: ‘La contribución de Floro Ugarte a la formación del teatro lírico argentino’,
Heterofonía vii/6 (1974), 17–21M. Kuss: Nativistic Strains in Argentine Operas Premiered at the Teatro Colón (1908–
1972) (PhD diss., UCLA, 1976)
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R. García Morillo: Estudios sobre música argentina (Buenos Aires, 1984), 255–68C. García Muñoz: ‘Floro Ugarte (1884–1975)’, Revista del Instituto de Investigación
Musicológica Carlos Vega, vi (1985), 79–88 [catalogue of works]DEBORAH SCHWARTZ-KATES
