Jesús Castillo
Ostuncalco born in San Juan, Quetzaltenago on September 9, 1877, was notable composer who earned the appreciation and admiration of fellow countrymen and foreigners, for their research and experience on the folk music of Guatemala.
This is considered one of the greatest figures in Latin America. Through its professional vocation reece the art of creating, and still facing the constraints of the environment being able to perform their technique and enthusiasm in the service of national folklore, in which the divine estrous found the boot that allowed his spirit to be expressions translated into sound pictures.
The French government decorated it with “The Academic Palms” and was an honorary member of the Academic Society of International History in Paris; active member of the Society of Geography and History in Guatemala; honorary member of the Society of Musical Culture of Costa Rica , And so on. Among his works are: “Fiesta de pájaros”; suites Three Indians, three orchestral poems; symphonic poem “Tecún Uman” and “Bartizanic” and “Nicte” arrangements of traditional dances “La Conquista,” “El Torito” Los Venados” y “La Culebra” and his literary invaluable for his deep research: “Music Maya Quiche.” We can say that their studies of expressions of the songbirds of the paternalist Mesoamerica suggest a scientific expertise that already is a formal science in the countries cults and inquisitive: The Ornitofonía. This large Guatemalan died on April 23, 1946.
Castillo was Jesus’ brother Ricardo Castillo, another famous musician Guatemalteco.
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