Alfonso Broqua

Alfonso Broqua (born September 11, 1876 in Montevideo, France, 24 November 1946 in Paris) was a Uruguayan composer.

Broqua was a student of Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and César Franck of Brussels. He worked as a music teacher in Montevideo and later lived as a freelance composer in Paris. In addition to two operas and a cantata, he mainly composed songs and piano pieces that are stylistically influenced by d'Indy. Broqua is the founder of the independent music development of Uruguay. Edit WorksQualtext Weblinks Edit sourcetext Standard data (person): GND: 135281326 (PICA, AKS) | LCCN: no88002845 VIAF: 4485377 Wikipedia People Search

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