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An Analytical Study Of Concerto For Piano And Orchestra, Op.13, By Costa Rican Composer Carolos Enrique Vargas, Manuel Matarrita
An Analytical Study Of Concerto For Piano And Orchestra, Op.13, By Costa Rican Composer Carolos Enrique Vargas, Manuel Matarrita
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Carlos Enrique Vargas Méndez (1919-1998) was one of the most influential and versatile Costa Rican musicians of the last century. His work involved many areas since he was an accomplished pianist and organist, conductor, composer, arranger, editor, pedagogue and musicologist. However, Vargas’ work as a composer is perhaps the least researched and most neglected of the music disciplines he embraced. This research will focus on one of Vargas’ most important compositions, his Piano Concerto Op. 13, composed and premiered in 1944. The monograph is divided into four chapters. The first chapter includes a synopsis of the history of composition in …