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Carlos Guastavino

1912 - 2000

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Carlos Guastavino (5 April 1912 – 29 October 2000) was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. His production amounted to over 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice, many still unpublished. His style was quite conservative, always tonal and lushly romantic. His compositions were clearly influenced by Argentine folk music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Guastavino is the 1,041st most popular composer (down from 1,002nd in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 305th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Argentinean Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlos Guastavino ranks 1,041 out of 1,451. Before him are Roman Vlad, Magnus Lindberg, Slavko Avsenik, Marco da Gagliano, Emil Młynarski, and William Sterndale Bennett. After him are Johann Adolf Scheibe, Michele Carafa, Frederic Rzewski, Alexander Moyzes, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Rudolf Tobias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Carlos Guastavino ranks 237. Before him are Givi Javakhishvili, Jacques Soustelle, Herluf Bidstrup, Roger Michelot, Mario Genta, and Leonardo Cilaurren. After him are Carmelo Robledo, Paul Janes, Karl Deutsch, Viviane Romance, Enoch Powell, and Niyazi. Among people deceased in 2000, Carlos Guastavino ranks 188. Before him are Anne Hébert, Mohammad Ali Fardin, Spyridon Chazapis, Pote Sarasin, Paula Wessely, and Simeon Simeonov. After him are Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, Pietro Palazzini, Émile Druart, Nils Poppe, Herbert Friedman, and Rinaldo Martino.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Carlos Guastavino ranks 324 out of 1,154. Before him are Tomás Maldonado (1922), Américo Gallego (1955), José Cura (1962), Héctor Baley (1950), Pedro Manfredini (1935), and Ricardo Infante (1924). After him are Carmelo Robledo (1912), Mauricio Pellegrino (1971), Germán Burgos (1969), Roberto Aballay (1922), William Henry Hudson (1841), and Luis Brunetto (1901).

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Among COMPOSERS In Argentina

Among composers born in Argentina, Carlos Guastavino ranks 6. Before him are Astor Piazzolla (1921), Alberto Ginastera (1916), Mauricio Kagel (1931), Ariel Ramírez (1921), and Luis Bacalov (1933). After him are Mariano Mores (1918), and Osvaldo Golijov (1960).

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