Vicente T. Mendoza
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Vicente Teódulo Mendoza Gutiérrez (Cholula
, Puebla
, 1894 – Mexico City, 1964) was a Mexican musicologist, composer and drawer.
In 1907 when Vicente T. Mendoza was 13 years old, he went to Mexico City where he studied piano and composition at the National Conservatory. At the same time he studied drawing. Between 1912 and 1930 he worked as a topographer. Later on he taught solfege
at the Conservatory. His main interest rests in Mexican folklore and music paleography. Along with the collaboration of Daniel Castañeda
he compiled a treatise of precolumbian instruments, published in 1937 under the name Instrumental Precortesiano. He also published a comparative study of the Spanish romance and Mexican corrido El Romance Español y el Corrido Mexicano in 1939. As a composer he arranged Mexican popular folk songs.
Cholula
Cholula is a city and district located in the center west of the state of Puebla, next to the city of Puebla de Zaragoza, in central Mexico. Cholula is best known for its Great Pyramid, with the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios sanctuary on top and its numerous churches...
, Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
, 1894 – Mexico City, 1964) was a Mexican musicologist, composer and drawer.
In 1907 when Vicente T. Mendoza was 13 years old, he went to Mexico City where he studied piano and composition at the National Conservatory. At the same time he studied drawing. Between 1912 and 1930 he worked as a topographer. Later on he taught solfege
Solfege
In music, solfège is a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing in which each note of the score is sung to a special syllable, called a solfège syllable...
at the Conservatory. His main interest rests in Mexican folklore and music paleography. Along with the collaboration of Daniel Castañeda
Daniel Castañeda Soriano
Daniel Castañeda Soriano was a Mexican musicologist, composer and engineer.Soriano was Chief of the Academia de Música Mexicana at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico in the 1930s. His main interest was focused on Mexican folklore. With the collaboration of Vicente T...
he compiled a treatise of precolumbian instruments, published in 1937 under the name Instrumental Precortesiano. He also published a comparative study of the Spanish romance and Mexican corrido El Romance Español y el Corrido Mexicano in 1939. As a composer he arranged Mexican popular folk songs.
Sources
- Slonimsky, Nicolas. Music of Latin America