José Ángel Montero | |
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Background: | classical_ensemble |
Birth Date: | October 2, 1832 |
Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Death Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Genre: | Opera, zarzuela, waltzes, polkas, contradanzas |
Occupation: | musician, opera composer |
José Ángel Montero (born Caracas October 2, 1832 - died Caracas August 24, 1881) was a Venezuelan opera composer, a contemporary of the Brazilian Carlos Gomes. As maestro di capilla at the cathedral of Caracas he wrote religious music; he also composed a number of zarzuelas and, in 1873, the opera Virginia, to an Italian-language libretto.