José María Bustamante

Composer

1777 – 1861

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Who was José María Bustamante?

José María Bustamante was a Mexican composer.

Bustamante worked at various churches in Mexico City as a chapel master, his last posting being at the Metropolitan Cathedral. Active in the Mexican independence movement, he taught at the first conservatory in Latin America, which was founded in Mexico in 1824. He was best known for his heroic melodrama Méjico libre, besides which he also wrote an opera and church music.

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Born
Mar 19, 1777
Toluca
Lived in
  • Toluca
Died
Dec 4, 1861
Mexico City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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