Juan Agustín García Estrada
Born(1895-11-08)November 8, 1895[1]
Buenos Aires
DiedSeptember 27, 1961(1961-09-27) (aged 65)[1]
Buenos Aires
NationalityArgentine
OccupationComposer

Juan Garcia Estrada (1895–1961) was an Argentine symphonic composer of a series of symphonic dances, among them the Ruralia Argentina.[2] He studied first with José Gil in Buenos Aires and then with Jacques Ibert in Paris.[1]

After returning to Argentina, he virtually abandoned music, becoming a Justice of the Peace.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Galván, Gary; Furman Schleifer, Martha, eds. (2016). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 235. ISBN 9780810888715.
  2. ↑ A brief mention in Bracho, hidalgo español, condotiero en Italia, by Marcos de Estrada, 1984.
  3. ↑ Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music of Latin America


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