Background
Gustavo Emilio Campa was born on Sept. 8, 1863 in
Mexico City; studied piano with Felipe Larios and
Julio Ituarte, and composition with Melisio
Morales at the Mexico City Conservatory (1880-83);
formed "Group of Six" with student colleagues,
including Ricardo Castro, Felipe Villanueve and
Carlos Meneses; served as government inspector of
studies (1902-7) and as director (1907-13) and
professor of composition (1913-25) of the Mexico
City Conservatory; edited Gaceta musical
(1896-1914); publications include Artículos y
críticas musicales (1902), Críticas musicales
(1911), and Escritas y composiciones musicales
(1917); compositions include Himno sinfónico, Le
roi poète, piano pieces, and songs; he died on
Oct. 29, 1934 in Mexico City.
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