About Gustavo E. Campa
Lived 1863 – 1934 (aged 71). Gustavo E. Campa was a Mexican composer and university teacher.
Gustavo Emilio Campa (8 September 1863 in Mexico City – 29 October 1934) was a Mexican composer. He studied piano with Felipe Larios and Julio Ituarte, and composition with Melisio Morales at the Conservatorio Nacional in Mexico City. Campa went against Morales' well known passion for Italian style of composition and lead a group of rebellious students which embraced the French style.
In 1900 he was appointed professor of Composition and History of Music at the institution, a position he will hold until his retirement in 1925. In 1907, upon the death of Ricardo Castro, Campa became the director of the Conservatorio.
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Mexican composer (1863–1934)
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Gustavo E. Campa was born on 8 September 1863 in Mexico City.
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Gustavo E. Campa died on 29 October 1934 in Mexico City.
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Gustavo E. Campa was a composer and university teacher.
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Gustavo E. Campa was Mexican.
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