María Scheller Zambrano (1917–1944) was an

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composer. Born in

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, Scheller Zambrano received a degree from the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música in 1937. Her instructors there included Rafael González, Ricardo Rodríguez, and José André. Her output consisted mainly of

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

, including a number of

sonata In music a sonata (; pl. ''sonate'') literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cantare'', "to sing"), a piece ''sung''. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until th ...

s for piano; she also produced a

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