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Alfonso Leng

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Chilean musician

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Alfonso Leng Haygus was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado.

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1957National Prize of Art of Chile

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Alfonso Leng Haygus was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado. He composed many art songs in different languages and important piano pieces, like the five "Doloras" (1914), which he later orchestrated and are normally played in concerts in Chile and Latin America. He won the National Art Prize in 1957.

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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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deceased
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Lived 1894 to 1974 · aged 80
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8 languages

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