| LC control no. | no2005034894 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sepúlveda Maira, Maria Luisa, 1892-1958 |
| Variant(s) | Sepúlveda Maira, M. Luisa (Maria Luisa), 1892-1958 Maira, Maria Luisa Sepúlveda, 1892-1958 Sepúlveda, M. Luisa, 1892-1958 Sepúlveda, Maria Luisa, 1892-1958 Sepúlveda Maira, M. L., 1892-1958 |
| Biography/History note | María Luisa Sepúlveda Maira (1892-1958) was a Chilean composer, pianist and music educator. Born in Chillán, she studied piano and composition at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Santiago, from which she was the first woman composer to graduate (in 1918). She taught there from 1912 to 1931. She pioneered the compilation, study, and research of Chilean folk music, and is the only woman composer whose works are considered part of the Chilean nationalist movement. She also taught harmony and folklore at the Escuela Vocacional de Educación Artística in Santiago. She died in Santiago. |
| Birth date | 1892 |
| Death date | 1958 |
| Place of birth | Chillán (Chile) |
| Place of death | Santiago (Chile) |
| Field of activity | Music |
| Affiliation | Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Chile) Escuela Vocacional de Educación Artística (Chile) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Pianists Music teachers |
| Found in | Her Greca, 1935?: cover (M. Luisa Sepúlveda Maira) OCLC database, Apr. 14, 2005 (hdgs.: Sepúlveda Maira, Maria Luisa; Sepúlveda, Maria Luisa, 1892-1958) memoriachilena.cl, 4 January 2018 (María Luisa Sepúlveda Maira (1892-1958); born in Chillán on 14 August 1892; one of the first women graduates in composition in Chile; entered Conservatorio de Música in Santiago in 1898; studied piano, violin, harmony, composition, and counterpoint; graduated in composition in 1918; professor of piano at the Conservatory from 1912 to 1931; also taught harmony and folklore at the Escuela Vocacional de Educación Artística in Santiago; died in Santiago in 1958) OCLC, 26 December 2018 (access points: Sepúlveda, María Luisa ; Sepúlveda Maira, Maria Luisa; usage: M. Luisa Sepúlveda ; María Luisa Sepulveda ; M.L. Sepúlveda Maira ; M. Luisa Sepúlveda M. ; M. Luisa Sepúlveda Maira ; María Luisa Sepúlveda Maira) oxfordmusiconline.com, 26 December 2018 (Sepúlveda (Maira), María Luisa; born Chillán, August 14, 1896; died Santiago, April 5, 1958; Chilean composer, pianist, teacher; first woman composer to graduate in Chile; only woman composer whose works are considered in the nationalist movement; pioneered the compilation, study and research of Chilean folk music; compositions range from teaching pieces for piano and choral works for children to chamber music and orchestral works such as Estudio sinfonico (1932), Greca (1932), Canción de las corhuillas (1940) and Trutruka (1940)) |
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