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Ariel Ramírez (4 September 1921 – 18 February 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered "a chief exponent of Argentine folk music" and noted for his "iconic" musical compositions.〔 Ramírez is known primarily for his ''Misa Criolla'' (1964).〔〔 It allowed him to travel around Europe and Latin America to build his reputation.〔 He however wrote more than 300 compositions during his career and sold millions of albums.〔〔 By the time he died in 2010, his work was globally renowned.〔 Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Mercedes Sosa are some of the artists to have recorded his work.〔 He was also associated with Miguel Brascó and Félix Luna.〔 ==Development and influences== Ariel Ramírez was born in Santa Fe, Argentina.〔 His father was a teacher and it had been thought Ramírez would also pursue this career path but the job lasted for just two days due to "discipline problems".〔 He pursued initially tango before switching to Argentine folklore.〔 He began his piano studies in Santa Fe, and soon became fascinated with the music of the gauchos and creoles in the mountains. He continued his studies in Córdoba, where he met the great Argentinian folk singer and songwriter Atahualpa Yupanqui and was influenced by him.〔 Following a suggestion from Yupanqui, he visited the North East of Argentina and deepened his research into the traditional rhythms of South America. He spent time in Mendoza and Buenos Aires.〔 At the same time continuing his academic studies as a composer at the National Conservatory of Music, in Buenos Aires.〔 In 1946 he made his first recording, with RCA. He made twenty records with RCA until 1956.〔 Ramírez went on to study classical music in Madrid, Rome and mainly in Vienna, from 1950 to 1954. Back in Argentina, he collected over 400 folk and country songs and popular songs and founded the Compañía de Folklore Ariel Ramírez.〔(''La Nación'' (2/18/2010) ) 〕 Ramírez had two daughters, Mariana and Laura, and a son, Facundo. (NB: The Washington Post reported in error that he had two sons.) He married musicologist Norma Inés Cuello de Ramírez. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ariel Ramírez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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