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Celia Torrá

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Celia Torrá
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Celia Torrá (18 September 1889 – 16 December 1962)[1] was an Argentine composer, conductor, and violinist.[2] She was the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón.[3]

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Celia Torrá, 1925

Torrá was born in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina. Her father was her first violin teacher.[4] She later studied music with Andres Gaos, Athos Palma,[5] and Alberto Williams.[6]

In 1909, she won a National Commission of Fine Arts prize which funded her studies in Europe with Vincent d'Indy, Jenő Hubay, Zoltán Kodály, Paul Le Flem, and César Thomson.[7] She won the Royal Conservatory of Brussels' Grand Prix for violin in 1911. The Entre Rios provincial government gave her a grant to continue her studies in Europe.[8] She remained in France during World War I, where she gave benefit concerts for the Red Cross.[4]

In 1921, Torrá returned to Argentina where she was the first female conductor at the Teatro Colón.[8] In 1930, she founded and directed the Asociación Coral Femenina, which later merged with the Asociación Sinfónica Femenina.[9]

Torrá conducted both groups in over 200 concerts. In 1952, she founded a choir for the employees of Philips Argentina S.A., the first workers choir in Argentina.[4]

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Chamber

  • En Piragua (violin and piano)[10]
  • Pieces (violin and piano)[8]

Orchestra

  • Rapsodia entrerriana
  • Suite en Tres Tiempos[8]
  • Suite Incaica[8]
  • Suite y Rapsodia Entrerriana[8]
  • Tres Piezas para Arcos (string orchestra)[8]

Piano

Vocal

  • "A la patria"[12]
  • "Abandono (Carmen latino")[12]
  • "Alborada"[12]
  • "Atardecer"[8]
  • "Cacharros y ponchitos"[12]
  • "Cantar de arriero" (text by Rafael Jijena Sánchez)[12]
  • "Capillas"[12]
  • "Changuito (Canción infantil)" (text by Adela Christensen)[12]
  • Coqueando (women's chorus and piano)[8]
  • "Crepuscula"r[12]
  • El aguila (women's chorus and piano)[8]
  • El arroyo y luna y nieve en huillapina (chorus and orchestra)[8]
  • "El sauce"[12]
  • "Himno a la paz"[12]
  • Himno a la raza  (chorus and orchestra)[8]
  • "Himno del liceo"[12]
  • "La campana"[12]  
  • "La gallina ponedora"[12]
  • "La señora semana"[12]
  • Las campanas (chorus; arrangement of melody by Juan Hidaldo)[8]
  • "Las palomitas"[12]
  • "Los amigos" [12]
  • "Marcha patriótica"[12]
  • "Mi reloj"[12]
  • "Milonga del destino" (Text: Fernán Silva Valdés)[12]
  • O María Virgo (women's chorus and organ)[8]
  • "Oración a la bandera"[12]
  • "Otoño"[12]
  • Pampeana (male chorus)[8]
  • "Primavera"[12]
  • "Quisiera eternizarme"[12]
  • "Seis Coplas"[12]
  • Tota pulchra (women's chorus and organ)[8]
  • "Vida, vidita" (Text: Rafael Jijena Sánchez)[12]
  • "Visión de paz"[12]
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References

External links

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