Ana Serrano Redonnet (30 December 191? -15 June 1993) was an Argentine author, composer, conductor, guitarist and music critic who promoted Argentine folk music and used its themes in her own compositions. Her birth year is variously given as 1910, 1914, or 1916.
Serrano Redonnet was born in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
. She studied guitar with Antonio Sinopoli and composition with
Gilardo Gilardi and
Jaume Pahissa
Jaume Pahissa i Jo (also Jaime; October 8, 1880 – October 27, 1969, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Spanish-born composer and musicologist.
From an article published in Le Figaro March 16, 1913: "We note the great success at the Liceo theater ...
. In addition to composing, she was the music critic for the Tribuna and Cabildo newspapers. She served as the music advisor at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of Cultural Affairs from 1941 to 1945,
and produced a folk music program on the national radio, LRA Radio del Estado, in 1947.
She conducted orchestras at
Teatro Colón
The Teatro Colón (Spanish: ''Columbus Theatre'') is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acousti ...
and in the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe and Cordoba. Her music was recorded commercially by LP Ten Records.
Serrano Redonnet’s works were published by Ediciones Musicales Argentinas and
Ricordi
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People
*Giovanni Ricordi (1785–1853), Italian violinist and publishing company founder
* Giulio Ricordi (1840–1912), Italian publisher and musician
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Americana.
Her publications include:
Ballet
*El Niño Alcalde
Book
*Panorama Estetico de la Musica Argentina (Aesthetic Panorama of Argentine Music)
Theater
*La Chaya
*Tierra
Vocal
*Argentine Musical Songbook
*Arreos (voice and guitar)
*Bagualas de Chaya (voice and guitar)
*Canción de Cuna India (music by Gilardo Gilardi; text by Ana Serrano Redonnet)
*Cancion del Guagua
*Coplas Tuyas (voice and guitar)
*Danza (voice and guitar)
*El Maule (voice and guitar)
*Indianas (soprano, flute and drum)
*La Generala (voice and guitar)
*La Soledad (soloist, choir and string orchestra)
*Lamento (voice and guitar)
*Melisma de la Soledad (voice and guitar)
*Quebradenas (voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, guitar and folk instruments)
*Seis Aires Argentinos (texts by Bernardo Canal Feijoo, Rafael Jijena Sanchez and Domingo Zerpa)
*Vidala (voice and guitar)
*Yaravi (text by Ruben A. Vela)
*Yo Se Lo que Estoy Cantando (voice and guitar)
References
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Argentine women composers
Argentine guitarists
Argentine women guitarists
Argentine music critics
Argentine women critics
Women music critics
Argentine conductors (music)
Argentine women conductors (music)
1993 deaths
Writers from Buenos Aires
Composers from Buenos Aires