Paz, Juan Carlos
Paz, Juan Carlos
Paz, Juan Carlos , significant Argentine composer; b. Buenos Aires, Aug. 5,1901; d. there, Aug. 25,1972. He studied composition with Constantino Gaito in Argentina and later with d’Indy in Paris. In 1929, with several young composers of radical tendencies, he organized in Buenos Aires the “Grupo Renovation,” and in 1937 inaugurated a series of concerts of new music. He became a music critic and author of several books. His early works, after 1921, are marked by strong polyphony, in a neo-Classical style; about 1927 he adopted atonal and poly tonal procedures; in 1934 he began to compose almost exclusively in the 12-tone idiom; after 1950 he modified his musical language, adopting a less rigid and more personal style of composition.
Works
orch.:Canto de Navidad (1927; orchestrated 1930); Movimiento sinfonico (1930); Suite for Ibsen’s Juliano Emperador (1931); 3 Pieces (1931); Passacaglia (1936; Paris, June 25, 1937; rev. 1952–53); Música (Preludio y fuga) (1940); Passacaglia for Strings (1944; rev. 1949); Ritmica constante (1952); 6 superposiciones (1954); Transfor madones canónicas (1955–56); Música for Bassoon, Strings, and Percussion (1955–56); Continuidad 1960 (1960–61; Caracas, May 11,1966); Estructuras 1962 for Chamber Orch. (1962); Música for Piano and Orch. (1964; Washington, D.C., May 12, 1965). chamber:Tema y transformaciones for 11 Winds (1929); Wind Octet (1930); 3 sonatinas: No. 1 for Clarinet and Piano (1930), No. 2 for Flute and Clarinet (1932), and No. 3 for Oboe and Bassoon (1933; later transcribed for Piano); Concierto No. 1 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, and Piano (1932) and No. 2 for Oboe, Trumpet, 2 Trombones, Bassoon, and Piano (1935); 4 Composiciónes dodecafònica: No. 1 for Flute, English Horn, and Cello (1934; lost), No. 2 for Flute and Piano (1935), No. 3 for Clarinet and Piano (1937), and No. 4 for Violin (1938); Overture for 12 Instruments (1936); 4 pieces for Clarinet (1936); 3 Composiciónes en trio: No. 1 for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon (1937), No. 2 for Clarinet, Trumpet, and Alto Saxophone (1938), and No. 3 for Flute, Oboe, and Bass Clarinet or Bassoon (1940; rev. 1945); 2 string quartets (1938, 1940–43); Música for Flute, Saxophone, and Piano (1943); Dedalus 1950 for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1950–51); Continuidad 1953 for Piano and Percussion (1953–54); 3 contrapuntos for Clarinet, Electric Guitar, Celesta, Trumpet, Trombone, and Cello (1955); Invention for String Quartet (1961); Concretion for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, and Tuba (1964). keyboard:Piano: 3 sonatas (1923, 1925, 1935); Tema con transformaciones (1928); 3 movimientos de jazz (1932); Sonatina No. 3 (1933; originally for Oboe and Bassoon); 10 piezas sobre una serie dodecafònica (1936); Música 1946; Núcleos, Ist series (1962–64). Organ: Galáxia 64 (1964).
Bibliography
J. Beschinsky, J.C. P. (Buenos Aires, 1964); J. Romano, J.C. P: Tribulaciones de un músico (Buenos Aires, 1970).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire