La música de Alejandro Núñez Allauca

Marco Sadiel Cuentas Peralta

doi:10.62230/antec.v7i1.176

Authors

Marco Sadiel Cuentas Peralta Ministerio de Educación https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6855-3620

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62230/antec.v7i1.176

Keywords:

Alejandro Núñez Allauca, Peruvian Composers, electronic music, concrete music, Andean music, tonal music

Abstract

This article explores the influence and contribution of Peruvian composer Alejandro Núñez Allauca to his country's contemporary music during the second half of the 20th century. Núñez Allauca, a musician from the 60s and 70s generation, began his career as an accordionist before studying cello and
composition, exploring a wide range of styles, from tonal music with Andean folklore elements to electronic and concrete music.
Three of his works are briefly analyzed: Gravitación Humana (1970), which combines electronic sounds and concrete music; Moto ornamentale e perpetuo (1970), a piano piece that reflects his experience as an accordion soloist; and Sonrisa de Jesús (1999), a work with a religious theme that incorporates rhythms and scales of Andean music.
Despite his talent and versatility, Núñez Allauca has not received adequate recognition in Peru, his music rarely performed and his scores are not commonly used in musicians' training. It is suggested that this may be due to various historical, social, and cultural factors, and arguments are offered to support the importance of Núñez Allauca's legacy for contemporary Peruvian culture.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Marco Sadiel Cuentas Peralta, Ministerio de Educación

Sadiel Cuentas has a bachelor's degree in composition from the National University of Music of Peru and a master's degree in cultural management from the University of Piura. He has written multiple chamber, symphonic, scenic and electronic works, such as Cadenza, Introduction, Allegro (Honorable Mention in the Orchestral Composition Competition of the National Conservatory of Music, 2006) and Vía de la Croce (Honorable Mention in the Choral Composition Competition of the Peruvian-Chinese Association and the National Conservatory of Music, 2007). His chamber opera Post Mortem, with a libretto by Maritza Núñez, premiered in December 2012. His musical El vigilante enmascarado, with a libretto by Maritza Núñez, was presented in October 2013. His Concerto for violin and orchestra was premiered by the Symphony Orchestra Nacional, directed by Pablo Sabat, with Carlos Johnson as soloist, in February 2014 at the Gran Teatro Nacional. In 2015, the Ministry of Culture of Peru commissioned Tinkuy, Peru's first multilingual songbook, based on traditional Peruvian songs. He also commissioned Four Amazonian Songs in 2017, a work premiered by the National Children's Choir and the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru. In 2018, the same Ministry commissioned the work Cuatro cantos andinos for the National Children's Choir, which also premiered its Quechua Mass in August 2022. He has been a teacher at the Scientific University of the South and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He currently teaches at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences and works at the Peruvian Ministry of Education. Cayambis Music Press has published his works.

References

Born, G. (1995). Rationalizing Culture: IRCAM, Boulez, and the Institutionalization of the Musical Avant-Garde. University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520202160/rationalizing-culture

Holzmann, R. (1949). Aporte para la emancipación de la música peruana: ¿Es posible usar la escala pentáfona para la composición?. Revista de estudios musicales, 1(1), 62-80. http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3097432

Perlmutter, D. (27 de marzo de 1986). Penderecki: Universal themes, enduring music. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-27-ca-1100-story.html

Petrozzi, C. (2009). La música orquestal en el Perú de 1945 a 2005 : Identidades en la diversidad. [Tesis para optar el grado de doctora, Universidad de Helsinki]. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/19395

Waszak, S. (31 de marzo de 2020). Penderecki: A classical avant-gardist loved by Hollywood. The Jakarta Post. https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/03/30/penderecki-aclassical-avant-gardist-loved-by-hollywood.html