Roque Cordero
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Rapsodia Panamena for Solo Violin
- Curso de Solfeo
- Adagio trágico, for string orchestra
- Música veinte
- Permutaciones 7
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Panama
- Active from
- 1917-08-16
- Active to
- 2008-12-27
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- Listeners
- 434
- Total plays
- 1,670
Tags
Classical
Roque Cordero (August 16, 1917 – December 27, 2008) was a Panamanian-born American composer. After retiring he spent the last eight years of his life living with his family in Dayton, Ohio, where he died at age 91 [1]. Born in Panama City, he studied composition under Ernst Krenek and conducting under Dimitri Mitropoulos, Stanley Chapple, and Leon Barzin before becoming director of the Institute of Music and Artistic Director and conductor of the National Symphony of his native country. <a href
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Panama
- Place of birth
- Panama City
- Place of death
- Dayton
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Indiana University
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Student of
- Dimitri Mitropoulos
- Genre
- classical music
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- date of birth
- 1917-08-16
- date of death
- 2008-12-27
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