Carmen García Muñoz
Argentine musicologist
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Carmen García Muñoz (3 March 1929 – 12 August 1998) was an Argentine musicologist who specialized in the music of both her native country and colonial Latin America.
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| Born | 3 March 1929 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 12 August 1998 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Musicologist |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1982) |
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| Discipline | Musicology |
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Biography
She was born on 3 March 1929 in Buenos Aires.[1] She began studying at the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música as a piano professor from 1949 and as a composition professor from 1952.[1] Her doctoral dissertation was on Juan de Araujo, with one of the supervisors being Roberto Caamaño.[2] From 1955 to 1970, she was part of the CNM's faculty.[1]
In 1966, she later obtained her licentiate in music at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, where in 1970 she then began teaching as a professor of music and left the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música.[1] At UCA, she eventually became full professor of musicology and history of Argentine music.[2] In 1980, she became the director of the Institute of Musicological Research,[1] a position she held until 1998.[3] For her research, she visited archives within Bolivia and Peru.[2]
She specialized in Argentine music and Latin American colonial music, with Azucena Adelina Fraboschi saying that her work in the former field made her "dedication [...] passionate and tireless".[2] Among musicians she wrote on included Julián Aguirre, Caamaño, Juan José Castro, Pedro Valenti Costa, Luis Gianneo, Floro Ugarte, and Carlos Vega.[2] In 1972, she released the book Un archivo musical americano.[4] In 1982,[5] she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship "for an edition of the complete works of Juan de Araujo".[1] She participated in the Bibliografía musicológica latinoamericana as Argentina's representative.[2] She also did magazine articles, work cataloguing, and supplements for music releases.[2]
In 1997, a Juan Pedro Esnaola composition she transcribed premiered during mass at the St. Ignatius Church, Buenos Aires, during which she was a commentator.[2] At a March 1998 dinner, UCA rector Guillermo Blanco called her the "great-granddaughter of Esnaola".[2]
She died on 12 August 1998, after a few days of illness.[2]