Alberto Castilla

Alberto Castilla (1878-1937), born in Bogotá. He was engineer, journalist, poet, writer, mathematician and musician. He founded the Conservatory of the Tolima and composed the famous Bunde of Tolima like instrumental music to which Nicanor Velázquez added verses and that at the moment now is the Hymn of the Tolima Department.

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Name	Castilla, Alberto
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Date of birth	1878
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Date of death	1937
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