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Zenón Rolón (25 June 1856 – 13 May 1902) was an Afro Argentine musician and composer. Born in Buenos Aires, he composed approximately 80 works including operas, operettas, zarzuelas and sacred music. Rolón also founded a music publishing company which published numerous works by contemporary Argentine composers. Many of his manuscripts are now held by the Instituto Nacional de Estudios de Teatro, in Buenos Aires, and by the Museo Histórico de Morón, the city where he died at the age of 45. ==Biography== Rolón was born in Buenos Aires to an Afro Argentine family and first studied music in his native city with Alfredo Quiroga, a fellow Afro Argentine and organist of the (Church of Our Lady of Mercy). In 1873, when he was only 17 years old, he went to Florence for further study and remained there until 1879.〔Although some sources, e.g. Andrews (1989), claim that Rolón had a scholarship to study in Florence, Rolón's son said that his father paid all his own expenses there. See Gesualdo (1961) p. 468〕 In 1877 he wrote (''Two Words to my Caste Brothers''), a political pamphlet on the role of Afro Argentines in wider Argentine culture. When it was published in , an Afro Argentine newspaper in Buenos Aires, he was severely criticised, but opinion changed in his favour upon his return from Italy.〔The title is sometimes given as ''Dos palabras a mis hermanos de raza''. For contemporary reactions to the pamphlet, see Cirio (2009) pp. 153-156.〕 Once back in Buenos Aires, he continued to study music, this time with Basilio Basili, and composed a funeral march in honor of José de San Martín (Argentina's national hero). Rolón himself conducted its premiere performance when San Martín's remains were repatriated to Argentina in 1880. Rolón married María Quiroga, the sister of his first teacher, and had two children, and (Daphnis and Chloe).〔Rolón's son, Dafne Zenón Rolón, became a noted tango composer.〕 In the meantime, his musical career began to thrive. In addition to his composing, he also conducted regular concerts at the and the in Buenos Aires (beginning in 1880 and continuing until 1900). In 1881 he founded a music publishing company, Rolón y Oca, where he published many works by contemporary Argentine composers, and in 1885 he founded a social club for Afro Argentines.〔Gesualdo (1961) p. 468〕 Two years later, he was appointed Professor of Music by Concejo Nacional de Educación. Amongst his students were Justin Clérice,〔Justin Clérice (1863-1908) composed numerous operettas and ballet scores. Born in Buenos Aires to French family, he studied and worked in Paris for most of his adult life. See Baker (1900/2008) p. 118 and Crétel (2008)〕 Antonio Restano,〔Antonio Restano (1860?-1928) was the first Argentine composer to have his operas performed in Europe. See Petriella and Sosa Miatello (eds.) (1976) p. 20.〕 Prudencio R. DenÍs,〔Prudencio R. Denís (1860-1910) was a pianist and composer, primarily of salon music and waltzes. See Casares, López-Calo, ''et al.'' (1999) p.455〕 and Enrique García Velloso.〔Enrique García Velloso (1880-1938) wrote more than 150 plays and libretti, including that for Rolón's zarzuela, ''Chin Yonk''. See Cortés and Barrea-Marlys (2003) p. 25〕 Rolón composed about eighty works during his lifetime, including ''Symphony'' (1879); the operettas フランス語:''Le Château du Pic Tordu'' (1885), (''The Enchanted Castle'') (1887), and (''Nannetta's Stratagem'') (1887); the operas (date unknown) and (1899); the zarzuelas ''Chin Yonk'' (1895), (''The Rehearsal of a Creole Opera'') (1899), and (''An Improvised Joke'') (1900); and the cantatas, (''Star of Italy'') (1891) and (''Farewell to the Virgin'') (1900). He also composed numerous waltzes, polkas, marches, and barcarolles (several of which were published in Florence during his time there). His sacred music included hymns, music for Holy Week (1893), (1901 o 1902), and a ''Kyrie'' for three voices (1902), which was probably his last composition. Rolón died in Morón, Buenos Aires on 13 May 1902 shortly before his 46th birthday and was buried in the Cementerio de La Recoleta in Buenos Aires.〔de Estrada (1979) p. 153.〕 Many of his manuscripts were later donated by his children to the Museo Histórico de Morón. There are also some of his works at the Instituto Nacional de Estudios de Teatro, in Buenos Aires. 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「Zenón Rolón」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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