Modesta Bor (15 June 1926 – 7 April 1998) was a

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n composer.

Life and career

Modesta Bor was born in Juan Griego, Isla de Margarita. She studied in

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with Elena Arrarte, Juan Bautista Plaza,

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, Maria de Lourdes Rotundo and

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, graduating with a degree in composition in 1959. She continued her studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with

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. In 1960 she won her first National Music Prize with ''Sonata for viola and piano'

After completing her studies, Bor returned to Venezuela to work as a composer, teacher and choir director, becoming head of the music department in the

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Culture Department. She also served as director of the musicology section of Folklore Research of the National Service. She died in Mérida.

Works

Bor composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano and vocal performance, writing more than 95 choral works for mixed and 130 for equal-voice choir. Selected works include: *''Children's Suite'' *''Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito'' (in ''Tríptico sobre poesía cubana'', for voice and piano) (Text: Nicolas Guillén) *''Coplas venezolanas'' (in ''Segundo cico de romanzas y canciones'', for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño) *''Guitarra'' (in ''Tríptico sobre poesía cubana'' for voice and piano) (Text: Nicolas Guillén) *''Nocturno en los muellas'' (in ''Tríptico sobre poesía cubana'' for voice and piano) (Text: Nicolas Guillén) *''Pregón'' (in ''Segundo ciclo de romanzas y canciones'' for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño) *''Si el silencio fuera mío'' (in ''Segundo ciclo de romanzas y canciones'' for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño) *''Suspiro cuando te miro'' (in ''Segundo ciclo de romanzas y canciones'' for contralto and piano) (Text: Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño)

References

External links

Velero Mundo - Modesta Bor - Cantoría de Mérida from YouTubePiano works of Modesta Bor (Spanish)
1926 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Venezuelan classical composers Venezuelan music educators Venezuelan women classical composers Venezuelan composers People from Juan Griego Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of the Central University of Venezuela 20th-century Venezuelan women composers Venezuelan women music educators {{Venezuela-composer-stub