Alida Vázquez (1929–2015) was a
Mexican
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composer who lived and worked in the
United States. Vázquez was born in
Mexico City, and from 1941–47 attended the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. She studied piano with
Esperanza Cruz de Vasconcelos and music theory with
Julián Carrillo
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. She received a scholarship to attend Diller-Quaile Music School in
New York City and also studied with
Mario Davidovsky at City College. After completing her music studies, she studied journalism and worked as a music therapist. In 1976 she began teaching music at the Bank Street College of Education.
Works
Vázquez has composed song cycles and works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, electronic dance music and electro-acoustic works.
Selected works include:
*''Acuarelas de México'' 1970
*''Piece for Violin and Piano'' 1970
*''Pieza para clarinete y piano'' 1971
*''Música para siete instrumentos'' 1974
*''Electronic Moods and Piano Sounds,'' 1977
References
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1931 births
20th-century classical composers
Living people
Mexican women classical composers
Mexican classical composers
Mexican music educators
Women music educators
20th-century women composers