Works for Cello

Sonata (1942), for cello and piano.

Tres cantos (1944), for cello and piano.

Canto elegíaco (In memoriam J.J. Castro) (1948), for cello and piano.

Monólogo (1964), for cello and piano.

Rapsodia (1964), for cello and orchestra.

Monólogo (1966), for cello solo.

Tres Tangos (1969), for cello and piano.

Tangos (1976), for cello and piano.

Himno (1983), for cello ensemble and woodwinds.

Suite (1998), for cello ensemble (8 parts).

Works for Viola

Concierto elegíaco (1950), for viola and orchestra.

Poema (1983), for viola and chamber orchestra.

Sources:

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

  • Mondolo, A. M. (2000). Washington Castro un representante de la generación del centenario (13-07-1909). Revista del Instituto de Investigación Musicológica “Carlos Vega”, 16, (16), 63-90. https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/bitstream/123456789/1170/1/washington-castro-representante-generacion.pdf

  • Salgado, S. (2001). Castro family. In Grove Music Online. Grove Music. Omo-9781561592630-e-0000044159

Washington Castro

Argentinian composer, conductor, and cellist, born July 13, 1909, died October 29, 2004.

Younger brother of José María and Juan José Castro, Washington Castro was born on July 13th, 1909, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Castro studied cello with José María Castro and Alberto Schiuma in Buenos Aires and with Maurice Marechal in Paris, France; Honorio Siccardi was Castro’s composition teacher. Castro was an involved performer, he made many solo appearances, performed in many orchestras, and played in the notorious Haydn and Acedo quartets. He became the first professor of cello and chamber music at the Conservatory of La Plata and later became a lecturer at the Escuela Superior de Música at Litoral University. As a conductor, Castro directed the Santa Fe Province Symphony Orchestra (1957-1964), the Cordoba Province Orchestra (from 1964), and the Teodoro Fuchs Youth Chamber Orchestra, which he founded in 1970. Castro joined the Grupo Renovación, the League of Argentine Composers, and eventually became president of the Argentine Composers’ Union. Castro died in 2004.