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Alberto Williams

Argentine composer

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Latin American music

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    In Latin American music: The early 20th century

    …in the early 20th century, Alberto Williams, exerted a fundamental influence in his country by relying on the music of the gauchos (cowboys of the pampas, or plains). This gauchesco tradition was evident in his Aires de La Pampa (1944; “Songs of the Pampas,” a collection of more than 50…

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