Carmen Luisa Letelier / Elvira Savi (pno)
00:00 Balada de la animita (ballade of the memorial stone)
03:27 Plenilunio (fullmoon)
07:04 Ante el mar (before the sea)

Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899-1987) was a Chilean Composer. He entered the Law School of the University of Chile and received his law degree in 1921 with the thesis "El Derecho de Patronato before the modern criterion ". At the same time, he studied composition with Enrique Soro.

In 1917 he founded, together with a group of friends, the Bach Society, a choral entity that played a fundamental role in Chilean cultural life, until its dissolution in 1932.

He entered the diplomatic service (1921-1926) and traveled as Second Secretary of the Legation of Chile in Spain, where he studied composition with Conrado del Campo. In 1928 he took part in the reform of the National Conservatory of Music, where he taught history and composition classes until 1953, and in 1929 he participated in the creation of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile, of which he was appointed Dean in property in 1932. The main achievements of this period were the creation of the Secondary Institute of Fine Arts (1933), University Art and Broadcasting Magazine (1934), National Association of Composers (1935), National Association of Symphonic Concerts (1931-1938) and Institute of Musical Extension (1940), integrated into the University of Chile in 1942. During his tenure, the Chilean Symphony Orchestra, the Choir of the University of Chile and the National Ballet became a dependency of the Institute; and the Folk Research Institute (1944), which two years later became the Music Research Institute.

To his teaching work in various musical disciplines, Santa Cruz added a qualified contribution as a composer, exerting a decisive influence over his students. He published pedagogical works and specialized articles in the press and foreign and national music magazines, opening the doors to Chilean musicology.
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