Alberto Williams (1862-1952)

Alberto Williams
(November 23, 1862 in Buenos Aires - June 17, 1952)
A composer, pianist, conductor, conservatory director, scholar, poet, and essayist, Alberto Williams attended a local music school in early childhood and gave his first performance and first public concert at age 7. He received a scholarship from the Argentine government in 1882 to study music composition at the Paris Conservatoire.

At the Paris Conservatoire he composed his first piano concertos. Shortly after, having become deeply involved in the folklore muisc of Argentina, Williams began touring. Williams wrote his own lyrics for all his compositions and authored many texts on music theory.




  Discography of Works:  

• Primera obertura de concierto Op.15. (1889)
• Segunda obertura de concierto Op.18. (1892)
• Miniaturas: first suite Op.30. (1890)
• “The Witch of the Mountains.” Second Symphony, in C minor (1910)

    Bibliography
"Volume 1 of the Piano Music of Alberto Williams." Http://www.classicstoday.com/. Classics Today. Web. 28 June 2013.
http://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-4747.