Uruguay Timeline

16th Century: Uruguay begins colonization

17th Century: Spaniards occupied the territory of modern day Uruguay. Colonization continues and the country begins to become fully developed

1726: Montevideo, Uruguay’s current capital founded

18th Century: Colonial music begins to flourish in the late 18th century

1802: The earliest known Uruguayan polyphony, the four-part Misa para Día de Difuntos (1802) by José Manuel Ubeda is created

August 25, 1825: Uruguay issues declaration of independence

August 28, 1828: Treaty signed to guarantee Uruguay’s independence

1830: The Uruguayan constitution was established

September 11, 1876: Alfonso Broqua (Composer) is born in the Uruguayan capital city of Montevideo

1878: The first Uruguayan opera, La Parisina by Tomas Garibaldi, had its premier

May 18, 1882: Eduardo Fabini (composer and violinist) born in Solis de Mataojo, Uruguay

November 16, 1889: Luis Cluzeau-Mortet (composer, violinist, and pianist) born in Montevideo, Uruguay

1894: Broqua leaves Uruguay and travels to Europe to study music

1898 - 1904: Broqua studies with Vincent D’Indy at the Schola Cantorum in Paris

1899: Eduardo Fabini leaves Uruguay and studies the violin and composing in Europe at the Brussels Conservatory

1902: Fabini wins the Prix du Conservatoire as a violin virtuoso from the Brussels Conservatory

1903: Fabini returns to Uruguay

1904: Broqua leaves Europe and returns to Montevideo

1907: Fabini co-founds the National Music Conservatory of Uruguay

1910: The premiere of Broqua’s lyric poem “Tabare” which exploited Uruguayan folklore. Cluzeau-Mortet begins writing music of a marked Romantic-impressionist character

1910 - 1920: Uruguay’s first nationalist compositions appeared between 1910 and 1920, two of the most notable composers being Alfonso Broqua and Eduardo Fabini

1913: Fabini co-founds the Association of Chamber Music

1914 – 1930: Cluzeau-Mortet played the violin with the Asociacion Uruguaya de Musica de Camara, and also performed numerous piano recitals

1918 – 1924: Cluzeau-Mortet creates Preicon (1918) and Canto de Chingolo for voice and piano (1924), considered to be his best and most representative works

April 29, 1922: Fabini’s first symphonic poem, “Campo” executed in public in Montevideo

1927: Fabini is appointed Artistic Attache of the Embassy of Uruguay in the United States

1930: Cluzeau-Mortet’s “Canto de Chingolo” is recorded by RCA Victor

1931: The OSSODRE (the Uruguay RSO) is founded

1938: Cluzeau-Mortet performs multiple concerts throughout the United States and in Paris

1940: Cluzeau-Mortet creates Rancherio which wins a radio competition

1946: Cluzeau-Mortet retires

November 24, 1946: Alfonso Broqua dies in Paris, France at the age of 70

May 17, 1950: Eduardo Fabini dies at age 67 in Montevideo, Uruguay

September 28, 1957: Luis Cluzeau-Mortet dies at age 67 in Montevideo, Uruguay

1960’s: As the Beatles become famous worldwide, many Uruguayan youths begin to form their own rock bands. One group in particular was named “Los Shakers”

1994: The Uruguayan congress created the Fondo Nacional de la Música to sponsor research and projects related to Uruguayan music

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