Lino Gallardo
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| Lino Gallardo | |
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| Born | 1773 Ocumare del Tuy, Miranda state, Venezuela |
| Died | December 22, 1837 Caracas, Venezuela |
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[edit] Early years
Lino Gallardo was born in Ocumare del Tuy (Miranda state) in 1773, was one of the musicians that participates in the events of the patriotic fights for the venezuelan independence. They were his parents Rudesindo Gallardo and Bárbara Timotea Aguado, both pardos, at early age his parents die, and Manuel Olivares rescue and lodged him until 1792, in this home received his musical lessons.
In December 26, 1794 contracted marriage with Maria del Carmen Araujo and after she die, he married with María Catalina Pereira on April 30, 1799. With her, he had three daughters: María Josefa Leona, Eladia de la Merced and Francisca de Paula. One of them, Maria Josefa, was a piano teacher.
[edit] Career
Lino Gallardo also stood out like composer of patriotic songs, conductor and executant of the violin, cello and the Double bass. He was disciple of Juan Manuel Olivares and belonged to the group of the School of Chacao. He composed the music of the Canción Americana, which reached enormous popularity at the time.
Lino Gallardo was in the conspiracies of 1808 and 1810 (participating in the events of April 19, 1810) and was member of the Patriotic Society. For compose and intone in the streets patriotic songs, Lino Gallardo was jailed after the fall of the First Republic (in July of 1812) in the vaults of La Guaira where he remained until the triumphant entrance of Simón Bolívar to Caracas. In 1818, under the realistic regime, he founds the Philharmonic Society of Caracas, which worked like school of music and society of concerts, Gallardo was the director of the orchestra of concerts and director and professor in the school, is attributed to Lino Gallardo the music of the venezuelan national anthem, or at least the participation in the patriotic song Gloria al Bravo Pueblo.
[edit] Last years
In August 9, 1824, was named principal teacher of music of Caracas. In 1827, when Simón Bolivar enters to Caracas, Gallardo composed a patriotic song in his honor, this compensated him to act next to the patriotic ones, naming him fiel peso in the Customs of La Guaira, in 1827 he established his residence in La Guaira, where he lived until his death, evolving from 1829 as civil employee of the Customs.
Of his compositions is only conserved the patriotic song: Bolívar, la fama elevó appeared in 1883 in the book of Ramón de la Plaza Tests on the art in Venezuela. Lino Gallardo dies in Caracas, December 22, 1837.
