Rodolfo Arizaga

Rodolfo Arizaga (b. Buenos Aires, July 11, 1926 - d. Buenos Aires, 1985) was an Argentinian composer.

Arizaga studied composition at the National Conservatory in Buenos Aires under Alberto Williams, José Gil, Luis Gianneo, and Teodoro Fuchs; he also studied philosophy at the National Universeity. After touring Spain in 1950, he went to Paris in 1954 and studied under Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. Here he also began experimenting with the Ondes Martenot, and composed several works for the instrument. Returning to Argentina in 1960, he taught at Buenos Aires University and wrote music criticism for journals and newspapers.

Works

*"Poema de invierno" for violin and piano, 1944
*"Sonatina" for piano, 1944-45
*"Jaquinot", Ballet, 1945
*"Dos corales", 1945
*"Suite para piano", 1945
*"Sonata" for piano, 1946
*"Toccata" for piano, 1947
*"Pequeño vals en tono gris", 1948
*"Sonatina" for piano, 1948
*"Bailable Real" for orchestra, 1948
*"Délires", Cantata, 1954-57; rev. 1970
*"Serranillas de la infanzona" for piano, 1957
*"Sonata Breve" for piano and Ondes Martenot, 1958
*"El organillo" for Ondes Martenot, 1958
*"Piezas epigramáticas" for piano, 1961
*"Prometeo 45", Poema Dramático, 1962
*"Concierto para piano", 1963
*"Tientos para Santa María", 1965
*"Música para Cristóbal Colón" for orchestra, 1968
*"String Quartet No. 1", 1968
*"El ombligo de los limbos, la momia y una encuesta", 1969
*"String Quartet No. 2"

Writings

*"Manuel de Falla", 1961
*"Juan José Castro, 1963
*"Enciclopedia de la Música Argentina", 1971
*R. Arizaga, Pompeyo Camps, "Historia de la Música en la Argentina", 1990, ISBN 950-22-0304-6