Modesta Bor (15 June 1926 – 7 April 1998) was a

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n composer.

Life and career

Modesta Bor was born in

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. She studied in

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with Elena Arrarte,

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, Maria de Lourdes Rotundo and

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, graduating with a degree in composition in 1959. She continued her studies at the

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with

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian ...

. In 1960 she won her first National Music Prize with ''Sonata for violin and piano''. After completing her studies, Bor returned to Venezuela to work as a composer, teacher and choir director, becoming head of the music department in the

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Culture Department. She also served as director of the musicology section of Folklore Research of the National Service. She died in Mérida.

Works

Bor composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano and vocal performance, writing more than 95 choral works for mixed and 130 for equal-voice choir. Selected works include: *''Children's Suite'' *''Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito'' (in ''Tríptico sobre poesía cubana'', for voice and piano) (Text: Nicolas Guillén) *''Coplas venezolanas'' (in ''Segundo cico de romanzas y canciones'', for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño) *''Guitarra'' (in ''Tríptico sobre poesía cubana'' for voice and piano) (Text: Nicolas Guillén) *''Nocturno en los muellas'' (in ''Tríptico sobre poesía cubana'' for voice and piano) (Text: Nicolas Guillén) *''Pregón'' (in ''Segundo ciclo de romanzas y canciones'' for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño) *''Si el silencio fuera mío'' (in ''Segundo ciclo de romanzas y canciones'' for contralgo and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño) *''Suspiro cuando te miro'' (in ''Segundo ciclo de romanzas y canciones'' for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño)

References

External links

Velero Mundo - Modesta Bor - Cantoría de Mérida from YouTubePiano works of Modesta Bor (Spanish)
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