Arístides Chavier Arévalo

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Chavier and the second or maternal family name is Arévalo.

Arístides Chavier Arévalo
Born	3 September 1867[1] Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	1942 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Occupation	Musician

Arístides Chavier Arévalo (1867–1942) was Puerto Rican pianist and composer, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[2][3]

History

Chavier was born in Ponce in the second half of the nineteenth century. He studied music in Paris as a young man.^[4] He was a prominent music instructor. Among his students was Luis A. Ferré, a concert-level pianist who would later become governor of Puerto Rico. Chavier composed many works for orchestra, band, piano and string instruments.^[2] Aristides himself was a student of Gonzalo Nuñez, whose students include the internationally-known musicians and composer Manuel Gregorio Tavarez and Juan Morel Campos.^[5]

Legacy

• In Ponce, there is a government housing development named after him, which was inaugurated in the late 1950s by governor Luis Munoz Marin. See a photo of Munoz Marin's housing inauguration and a picture of Aristides Chavier himself Here.
• In the Rio Piedras district of San Juan there is street named in his honor.
• In Ponce, Chavier is recognized at the Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens

See also

Aristides Chavier: Humanista By Nestor Murray-Irizarry. Published 1993 by Casa Paoli. 267 pages, ISBN=1881706001

References

1. ^ Almaque Cultural del Ateneo de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ateneo de Ponce: Fundado en 1956.
2. ^ ^{a b} pianist and composer
3. ^ Biographical Data
4. ^ Studied in France
5. ^ Student of Gonzalo Nuñez

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Name	Chavier Arevalo, Aristides
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Date of birth	3 September 1867
Place of birth	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Date of death	1942
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