Ana Serrano Redonnet

Ana Serrano Redonnet (30 December 191? -15 June 1993) was an Argentine author, composer, conductor, guitarist and music critic who promoted Argentine folk music and used its themes in her own compositions. Her birth year is variously given as 1910, 1914, or 1916.

Serrano Redonnet was born in Buenos Aires. She studied guitar with Antonio Sinopoli and composition with Gilardo Gilardi and Jaume Pahissa. In addition to composing, she was the music critic for the Tribuna and Cabildo newspapers. She served as the music advisor at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of Cultural Affairs from 1941 to 1945, and produced a folk music program on the national radio, LRA Radio del Estado, in 1947. Her music was recorded commercially by LP Ten Records.

Serrano Redonnet's works were published by Ediciones Musicales Argentinas and Ricordi Americana.

Her publications include:

Ballet

El Niño Alcalde

Book

Panorama Estetico de la Musica Argentina (Aesthetic Panorama of Argentine Music) Cancion del Guagua Vidala (voice and guitar) Yaravi (text by Ruben A. Vela) Yo Se Lo que Estoy Cantando (voice and guitar)

Listen to Seis Aires Argentinos by Ana Serrano Redonnet