Alida Vázquez

Alida Vázquez (born 1931) is a Mexican composer who lives and works in the United States. Vázquez was born in Mexico City, and from 1941-47 attended the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. She studied piano with Esperanza Cruz de Vasconcelos and music theory with Julián Carrillo. She received a scholarship to attend Diller-Quaile Music School in New York City and also studied with Mario Davidovsky at City College. After completing her music studies, she studied journalism and worked as a music therapist. In 1976 she began teaching music at the Bank Street College of Education.^[1]^[2]

Works

Vázquez has composed song cycles and works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, electronic dance music and electro-acoustic works.^[3] Selected works include:

Acuarelas de México 1970
Pieza para clarinete y piano 1971
Música para siete instrumentos 1974
Electronic Moods and Piano Sounds, 1977

References

^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA472&dq=Alida+V%C3%A1zquez+norton&hl=en&ei=B-brTPurMYT78AaHs_CUAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
^ Pareyón, Gabriel (2007). Diccionario enciclopédico de música en México: Volume 1. Universidad Panamericana.
^ González, Alfonso (1978). Indice de La Cultura en México (1962-1972).

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Name	Vazquez, Alida
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Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
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