John Aberle

Giovanni Enrico Aberle Sforza, better known as Juan Aberle (Naples, Italy, December 11, 1846-San Salvador, El Salvador, February 28, 1930), was an Italian conductor and composer who lived in Guatemala and El Salvador. He married Gertrudis Pérez Cáceres, with whom he had five children: Juan Enrique, Humberto, Virginia. He composed the music for the National Anthem of El Salvador.

Biography

Juan Aberle was born on December 11, 1846 in Italy. At the age of 11, driven by his love of music, he enrolled in the Neapolitan Conservatory, against the will of his parents, Heinrich Aberle and Angela Sforza. There he acquired knowledge about the musical art. He then went to New York, United States, where he held the public post of Director of the Opera for five years.

Then he arranged to go on an artistic tour through the countries of Latin America. During his time in Guatemala City, he founded and directed the Conservatory of Music, from 1873 to 1879. During his time in this country, he achieved significant advances in musical artistic management. He was director of the Philharmonic Society of Guatemala and founding director of the National Conservatory of Music of that Central American country, which he sponsored from his own funds since the institution had no budget line in the government of Justo Rufino Barrios. He later went to El Salvador and established the School of Music. In 1892 he returned to the direction of the Guatemalan Conservatory of Music, a position he held until 1896, when he returned to El Salvador.

Juan Aberle composed the original music for the National Anthem of El Salvador. In view of his merits, the Salvadoran State appointed him Director of the Band of the High Powers, replacing the German Carlos Malhmann, who went to World War I. For reasons of advanced age he left public office in 1922. His death occurred on February 28, 1930 in El Salvador.

Her favorite instrument was the piano. He composed abundant chamber music and made transpositions of opera passages, intended for the piano. His Morazán March was declared a national march on May 1, 1882. He is the author of two operas: & # 34;Ivanhoe & # 34; and "Le due vendette". He also wrote a "Treatise on Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue".

Juan Aberle was the author of the instrumentation of the National Anthem of El Salvador and Juan José Cañas the author of its lyrics, the anthem being composed in 1879; they did not receive any stipend or gratuity from the state. 23 years later, on April 9, 1902, and while General Tomás Regalado was President of the Republic, the National Legislative Assembly decreed that the Head of State award gold medals to Juan Aberle and Juan José Cañas in public recognition of their quality as authors of the music and lyrics, respectively, of the National Anthem of El Salvador.