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Clemente Aguirre
Background information
Born	November 23, 1828
Died	October 24, 1900(1900-10-24) (aged 71)
Occupation(s)	composer and music instructor

Clemente Aguirre (November 23, 1828 – October 24, 1900) was a Mexican composer, conductor, bandleader, instructor, and folksong collector active in Guadalajara, Jalisco. His father died when he was a child, leaving his family in poverty. Nonetheless, when he was 11, he was accepted to study music with Professor Jesús González Rubio, composer of the well-known Jarabe tapatío ("Mexican Hat Dance").

By 1858 he had founded and directed the leading orchestra in Jalisco. He later joined the Sociedad Filarmónica in Jalisco.

In 1958, he was honored with a statue in Guadalajara's Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres.

See also

• Statue of Clemente Aguirre

References

1. ^ Koegel, John (1999). ""Canciones del país": Mexican Musical Life in California after the Gold Rush". California History. 78 (3): 160–187. doi:10.2307/25462564. ISSN 0162-2897. JSTOR 25462564.
2. Bordes, Rubén Villaseñor (1961). "Guadalajara reza y se divierte". Historia Mexicana. 11 (1): 81–103. ISSN 0185-0172. JSTOR 25135096.
3. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2023-07-06.

External links

• Clemente Aguirre, Precursor de La Banda de alientos en nuestro país: Gabriel Pareyón
• Program Notes (in Spanish)
• Pareyón, Gabriel. Clemente Aguirre (1828-1900). Semblanza, tabla de obras musicales y colección editada de partituras . Mexico: INBA-Cenidim, 1998. ISBN 970-18-0476-7

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