Blas Parera
Blas Parera Moret (3 February 1776 – 7 January 1840) was a Spanish music composer and teacher. He lived his part of his life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. • Illustration — Blas Parera. He was born in Murcia, Spain to two Catalan parents.
Also recorded as Blas Parera Moret
Blas Parera
Fotografía extraída del libro "Historia Argentina". Autor: Diego Abad de Santillán. TEA, Tipográfica Editora Argentina. 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina. · Public domain
- Born
- 1776 · Murcia.
- Died
- 1840 · Mataró.
- Nationality
- Argentina · Spain
- Occupation
- composer · organist
- Known for
- Argentine National Anthem
- Languages
- Spanish
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Blas Parera Moret (3 February 1776 – 7 January 1840) was a Spanish music composer and teacher. He lived his part of his life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. • Illustration — Blas Parera. He was born in Murcia, Spain to two Catalan parents.
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In 1797, he moved to Buenos Aires where he contributed in the defense of the port of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata. He composed the Marcha Patriotica, which became the Argentine National Anthem, together with songwriter Vicente López y Planes in 1813. He also was a organist in the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Church of St. Ignatius, and the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy. On October 14, 1809, Parera married Facunda del Rey, a fifteen-year-old orphan who was a student of his. Before their marriage, she had lived in the Home of the Founding Children orphanage, where she sang in the choir. The two were married in the church of San Nicolás de Bari. He died in poverty in Mataró, Spain on 7 January 1840. He also lived during the romantic period of arts.
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- 1.Parera. Blas. López. Vicente. Transcripto por Luis N. Lareta, según la versión del maestro Juan P. Esnaola. Compuesto en 1813. Transcripto por el revisor mencionado en 1940. Prefacio. Ricordi. Buenos Aires.
- 2.GEC 0256910
- 3.¡Oíd, mortales! El Himno cumple 200 años.
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- 5.Fernando Pereyra, ¡Oid, Mortales!
- 6.Los secretos jamás contados del Himno: duraba 20 minutos y la letra agresiva contra España que fue suprimida.
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- 8.La vida musical en Chile durante el gobierno de don Bernardo O'Higgins. XXXIII.
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