Juan Bautista Plaza
Juan Bautista Plaza was one of the most important musicians in the history of Venezuela. He was born in Caracas on July 19th, 1898. He began music studies at the age of 15 with Jesús María Suárez; within a year he was asked to lead the choir and to teach music to his fellow pupils in the Caracas French School. Afterwards he studied law and medicine while continuing as a choirmaster at the French School where he produced his first large work, the zarzuela Zapatero a tus zapatos.After studying the piano in his native city he went to Rome where he studied organ, composition, Gregorian chant and the history of music at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, obtaining in 1923 his diploma for sacred composition. Back in Caracas he became choirmaster and organist of the cathedral, founder and director of the “Juan Manuel Olivares” school of music, professor at the “José Angel Lamas” school of music, as well as Director of Culture.
Most of Plaza’s compositions are vocal pieces, written for the church or for the choruses at the schools in which he taught. Throughout his career he was active as a writer and lecturer. In 1990 the Fundación Juan Bautista Plaza was established to preserve and catalogue not only his musical works but most of his writings. Most of the archive of the Fundación can be found in Venezuela’s National Library.
Bibliography:
Aretz, Isabel, and Norman Fraser. "Juan Bautista Plaza." Journal of the International Folk Music Council 18. (1966): 80-81. Web. 6 Mar 2010..
Planchart, Alejandro. "Juan Bautista Plaza." Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, Web. 6 Mar 2010. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com:80/subscriber/articles/grove
Discography of Works:
Cantata de Navidad
Dos cánones vocals ( Music Press, N.Y)
El Picacho Abrupto
Las Campanas de Pascua
La Fuente Abandonada
La Fuga Criolla
Las Horas
La Fuga Romantica
Siete Canciones Venezolana (Associated Music Publishers, N.Y.)
Somatina Venezolana (Schirmer, N.Y.)
Poema Sinfonico
Juan Bautista Plaza was one of the most important musicians in the history of Venezuela. He was born in Caracas on July 19th, 1898. He began music studies at the age of 15 with Jesús María Suárez; within a year he was asked to lead the choir and to teach music to his fellow pupils in the Caracas French School. Afterwards he studied law and medicine while continuing as a choirmaster at the French School where he produced his first large work, the zarzuela Zapatero a tus zapatos.After studying the piano in his native city he went to Rome where he studied organ, composition, Gregorian chant and the history of music at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, obtaining in 1923 his diploma for sacred composition. Back in Caracas he became choirmaster and organist of the cathedral, founder and director of the “Juan Manuel Olivares” school of music, professor at the “José Angel Lamas” school of music, as well as Director of Culture.
Most of Plaza’s compositions are vocal pieces, written for the church or for the choruses at the schools in which he taught. Throughout his career he was active as a writer and lecturer. In 1990 the Fundación Juan Bautista Plaza was established to preserve and catalogue not only his musical works but most of his writings. Most of the archive of the Fundación can be found in Venezuela’s National Library.
Bibliography:
Aretz, Isabel, and Norman Fraser. "Juan Bautista Plaza." Journal of the International Folk Music Council 18. (1966): 80-81. Web. 6 Mar 2010.
Planchart, Alejandro. "Juan Bautista Plaza." Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, Web. 6 Mar 2010. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com:80/subscriber/articles/grove
Discography of Works:
Cantata de Navidad
Dos cánones vocals ( Music Press, N.Y)
El Picacho Abrupto
Las Campanas de Pascua
La Fuente Abandonada
La Fuga Criolla
Las Horas
La Fuga Romantica
Siete Canciones Venezolana (Associated Music Publishers, N.Y.)
Somatina Venezolana (Schirmer, N.Y.)
Poema Sinfonico
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