Luis Cluzeau Mortet (November 16, 1888 – 28 September 1957) was a Uruguayan composer and musician.

Life

Cluzeau Mortet, along with Alfonso Broqua,

Eduardo Fabini Eduardo Fabini (Solís de Mataojo, 18 May 1882 – 17 May 1950) was a Uruguayan composer and musician. Fabini, along with Alfonso Broqua, Luis Cluzeau Mortet and Vicente Ascone, was representative of the nationalist tendency that emerged in Ur ...

and Vicente Ascone, a representative of the nationalist tendency that emerged in Uruguayan music in the 1910s and 20s. He played first violin for Ossodre (SODRE Symphony Orchestra) from 1931 until 1946 but had to step down due to a hearing affliction. As a composer, his most recognized work was for piano, song and piano and symphonic music. He wrote for the symphony orchestra several pieces of music, including, ''Rancherío'', ''Poema Nativo'', ''Llanuras'', ''Soledad Campestre'', ''La Siesta'', ''Preludio y Danza'' and ''Sinfonía Artigas''. He also wrote "El Quinielero" and "Gimiendo", two famous tangos recorded by

Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...

. His masterpiece was ''Carreta Quemada'', done in 1916. He was a high school teacher and also named Honorary Choir Director for the National Institute for the Blind. Mortet's grandfather was the French-Uruguayan composer and pianist .

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Orquesta Sinfónica del SODRENomenclatura de Montevideo (Intendencia de Montevideo)
* 1888 births 1957 deaths Musicians from Montevideo Uruguayan composers Male composers Uruguayan tango musicians Uruguayan violinists Uruguayan male musicians Male violinists Uruguayan people of French descent 20th-century violinists 20th-century male musicians {{Uruguay-composer-stub