Juan Pedro Esnaola (Buenos Aires, 17 August 1808- Buenos Aires, 8 July 1878) was an Argentine composer who arranged the Argentine National Anthem.[1]
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His family was of Basque origin; his father was from Albistur, and his mother from Segura (Guipúzcoa) mother. At the age of 10 he left with his uncle José Antonio Picasarri (1769–1843), for the Basque Country, studying composition under several teachers in Madrid, Paris, Rome, Naples, and Vienna.
He began to compose sacred works at the age of 16. From 1833, at the age of 25, he began to compose salon songs set to the poems of Vicente López, Juan Cruz Varela and above all Esteban Echeverría. From 1840s he increasing turned to instrumental music.
His commissioned compositions include ceremonial music in praise of Manuel de Rosas, till he was ousted from power in 1852, whose daughter was one his pupils. He arranged Blas Parera's Argentine National Anthem in 1848 and 1860, in the arrangement which is still used today.
Complete songs in 2 volumes: