About Alberto Castilla
Lived 1878 – 1937 (aged 58–59). Alberto Castilla was a Colombian composer, engineer, journalist, poet, writer and mathematician.
Alberto Castilla Buenaventura (Bogotá 9 April 1878 – Ibagué 10 June 1937), was a Colombian composer. He was born in Bogotá. He was also an engineer, journalist, poet, writer, mathematician and musician. He founded the Conservatory of Tolima in 1906.
He composed the famous instrumental "Bunde Tolimense" to which Nicanor Velásquez added verses to create what is now the Hymn of the Tolima Department.
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Who was Alberto Castilla?
Colombian musician (1878–1937)
When was Alberto Castilla born?
Alberto Castilla was born in 1878 in Bogotá.
When did Alberto Castilla die?
Alberto Castilla died in 1937 in Ibagué.
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Alberto Castilla was a composer, engineer, journalist, poet, writer and mathematician.
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Alberto Castilla was Colombian.
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