Elsa Calcagno

Elsa Calcagno

Works for Cello

Concerto in C major (1950), for cello and orchestra.

Madrigale (1954), for cello and piano.

Impromptu y Toccata (1966), for cello and piano.

Sonata (1973), for cello and piano.

Four pieces (1976), for cello ensemble.

Sources:

  • Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

  • Lorenz, R (1995). Scores and Recordings at the Indiana University Latin American Music Center. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.

Elsa Calcagno

Argentinian composer and pianist, born 1910, died 1978.

Argentinian composer and pianist Elsa Calcagno was born on October 19th, 1910, in Buenos Aires. She first studied piano with Eduardo Melgar at the Institute Musical Fontova and then with Ricardo Rodríguez and José André at the Conservatory Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo of Buenos Aires. Calcagno studied orchestration with Roberto Kinsky and Ferrucio Calusio. In 1951, she began focusing on folklore and indigenous music, later moving to Chile in 1960 to continue this pursuit. In 1961, she founded the Organización Musical Premio Carlota M. P. de Calcagno in memory of her mother. Later in her career, Calcagno became a professor of music in the school system of the Consejo Nacional de Educación of Buenos Aires, dying in 1978.