José Antonio Bottiroli

Jose Antonio Bottiroli
Born Jose Antonio Bottiroli
January 1, 1920
Rosario, Argentina
Died March 15, 1990 (aged 70)
Rosario, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Education National University of the Littoral
Known for Classical music composition and poetry
Notable work 112 musical composition and 84 poems
Movement Late Romanticism and early Impressionism
Awards Rotary Club Rosario

José Antonio Bottiroli (January 1, 1920 – March 15, 1990) was an Argentine classical music composer and poet.[1]

Biography

José Antonio Bottiroli was born in Rosario, Argentina on 1 January 1920 and died in Rosario on 15 March 1990. From the time he was a young child and until the end of his life, he lived alternately in Rosario and in Los Cocos, a hill town retreat located in Córdoba Province, Argentina. He studied with Nicolás Alfredo Alessio (1919–1985). In 1948 he graduated from the School of Professors No. 2 Juan María Gutiérrez of the National University of the Littoral with a professorship degree in music and received the Rotary Club Award for the best music student.[2][3]

Sexteto Loreley

He was the director of the Vocal Women’s Sextet Juan María Gutiérrez, later Vocal Sextet Loreley,[4] with which he conducted performances in the City of Rosario, Radio LR1 El Mundo and at the Cervantes Theatre (Buenos Aires).

He composed Belgrano March – Song with lyrics by Ernesto Aturo Sánchez Queirolo.[5] In 1960 Belgrano March – Song was approved by decree of the National Board of Education and the General Board of Education of the Santa Fe Province to be incorporated in the music repertoire of the schools of Argentina and those of the Province of Santa Fe.[6][7] Also, by municipal decree of the City of Rosario, Belgrano March-Song was declared the official song of the City, to be sung in ceremonies at the National Flag Memorial in commemoration of the creation of the Flag of Argentina and in memory of General Manuel Belgrano.[8]Belgrano March-Song is the only musical work dedicated to General Manuel Belgrano, creator of the Argentine flag.[9] It was premiered on 11 May 1962 by the Military Institute Choir and the Infantry Regiment No. 12 General Arenales’s brass band conducted by Captain Antonio Rabuffetti.[10]

Piano Duet Nicolás A. Alessio - José A. Bottiroli. Amigos del Arte, Rosario, Argentina. 10 May 1982

As a pianist, Bottiroli performed in solo recitals and in chamber music duets with violist Oscar Costa,[11][12] cellist Pedro Farruggia, soprano Gabriela Moner,[13][14] contralto Azucena Racca de Deseta,[15] and in piano duets with Jacinto Terán Fernández and Nicolás A. Alessio.[16]

On 4 October 1951 he conducted the Rosario Symphony Orchestra at El Circulo Theater on which occasion he gave the American premier of Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra by Nicólas A. Alessio and the Festive Mass Opus 154 by Alexandre Gretchaninov.[17]

In 1962 Bottiroli was awarded the Crisol Music Competition Award of Rosario and in 1963 composed the hymn of the School St. Antonio Maria Gianelli of Rosario with lyrics by Minerva Marchiori de Bruno. In 1970 he received a scholarship from the Institute of Hispanic Culture to study in Europe, first in Madrid, later in Barcelona, Spain, and finally in Rome, Italy, where two of his chamber music compositions were premiered: Trio for Wind Instruments and String Quartet.[18]

José Antonio Bottiroli was the Dean of the Normal School of Teachers No. 3 and College Commerce General Belgrano of Rosario. In addition to teaching music at the National College No.1, the Sagrado Corazón College in Rosario, he taught music to the inmates at the prison of the City of Rosario. José Antonio Bottiroli composed 113 works of music: 70 piano works, 23 chamber music works, 8 choral works and 12 symphonic works. His complete works were compiled and catalogued in 2011 by Fabio Banegas. In addition to his musical output he composed 84 poems and diverse poetic writings.

Music

After an initial period in which he composed works influenced by Argentine folk music, such as his Pequeña Suite Norteña B-2 for orchestra and Carnavalito B-4 and Vidalita B-14 for choir, José Antonio Bottiroli’s music adhered to the Romanticism and late Romanticism. For his piano output he adopted as a main formal structure the Romantic microform in which he expressed his own subjectivity within the context of three-part compositions. His piano repertoire is distinguished by its improvisational character and hand extension while his orchestral works follow the symphonic poem narrative established by Franz Liszt. Harmonically, his music ventures into the rich late Romantic textures and the atmospheric colors of the Impressionist music. The musical production of José Antonio Bottiroli must be viewed within the context of his complete collected artistic output, which includes an extensive number of poems and writings.

Works[19]

Piano

Chamber/instrumental

Chamber / instrument groups

Piano and voice
Duets
Four-hands piano
Piano duets
Trios
String quartets
Traverse flute quartets
Traverse flute quartet and string orchestra

Choral music

Symphonic music

References

  1. ↑ Otero, Ana María (1999). Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE). p. 661.
  2. ↑ Cozzi, Daniel (2007). La Creación musical en Rosario. Rosario, Argentina: Univerisdad Nacional de Rosario.
  3. ↑ "El Rotary Club entregará distinciones a estudiantes". La Capital. 08/11/1948. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Actuó ayer con éxito el Sexteto Loreley". La Capital. 1950-06-18.
  5. ↑ Bottiroli, José Antonio (1961). Belgrano Marcha Canción. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ricordi Americana.
  6. ↑ Frete, Raúl (1960-05-24). "Belgrano: Nuestros niños cantarán a coro tu nombre". La Tribuna.
  7. ↑ "Marcha". La Nación. 09/07/1960. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Fue adoptada por la municipalidad una marcha a Belgrano". La Capital. 1960.
  9. ↑ Cozzi, Daniel (February 2010). "La única marcha canción dedicada al prócer". Revista Rosario. Su Historia y Región (82).
  10. ↑ "Ayer por primera vez se ejecutó y cantó la marcha a Belgrano". El Litoral. 05/12/1962. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ "Recital de viola por Oscar Costa". La Capital. 07/11/1950. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ↑ "Recital de viola en el museo Juan B. Castagnino". La Capital. 1948-07-22.
  13. ↑ "Recordarase el natalicio de Goethe en acto cultural". Rotary Club Rosario Newsletter. May–June 1949.
  14. ↑ "Cantará Graciela Moner en el Museo de B. Artes". La Capital. 1949-08-28.
  15. ↑ "Realizase esta tarde en recital de canto en la Dante Alighieri". La Capital. 1950-11-18.
  16. ↑ "Dúo de pianos en Amigos del Arte". La Capital. 05/10/1982. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ↑ "El Maestro J. Bottiroli dirigirá dos estrenos". Crónica. 10/04/1951. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ↑ "Viaja a Europa el Prof. José Antonio Bottiroli". La Capital. 1970.
  19. ↑ Cozzi, Daniel (2007). La Creación musical en Rosario. Rosario, Argentina: Univerisdad Nacional de Rosario.

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