Alfonso Leng
Illustration — Alfonso Leng Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, La Muerte de Alcino, a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado.
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Alfonso Leng
- Died
- 1974 · Santiago.
- Nationality
- Chile
- Occupation
- composer
- Honours
- National Prize of Art of Chile
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Alfonso Leng Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, La Muerte de Alcino, a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado.
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He composed many art songs in different languages and important piano pieces, like the five "Doloras" (1914), which he later orchestrated and are normally played in concerts in Chile and Latin America. He won the National Art Prize in 1957. Leng was also an accomplished dentist in Santiago. Leng was the nephew of composer Carmela Mackenna.
The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with University of Chile. Work by Alfonso Leng is recorded in the collections of Memoria Chilena. Distinctions recorded are National Prize of Art of Chile.
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1894
Alfonso Leng born at Santiago.
1974
Alfonso Leng died at Santiago.
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- Alfonso Leng, Músico Chileno, Atenea (Concepción), 1951
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- 1.Alfonso Leng , Sinfónica de Colombia (accessed 2014-04-22) (in Spanish)
- 2.John Beckwith, In Search of Alberto Guerrero (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006), , pp. 18ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- 3.Nicolas Slonimsky, Writings on Music (Routledge, 2004), , vol. 3, p.25 Excerpts available
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