Composers

José Bernardo Alcedo

Voice
Mixed chorus
Organ
Orchestra
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Piano
Religious music
Song
Sacred choruses
Choruses
Motet
National anthem
Miserere
Psalms
Responsories
Requiem
by popularity
Benedicta et VenerabilisComplete Sacred Music for Choir and OrganDespedida de las ChilenasLa ChichaLa CoraMiserere Mei DeusNational Anthem of PeruPosui adjutoriumRequiemTrisagio Solemne a la Santísima TrinidadVictimae Paschalis
Wikipedia
José Bernardo Alcedo (August 20, 1788 – December 28, 1878) was a Peruvian composer.
Alcedo was born in Lima, Peru. He studied music at the Convento de San Agustín and, at 18 years of age, composed the Misa en Re Mayor (Mass in D Major). In 1806 he was Dominican friar, but his behaviour in this religious Order was relaxed.
Alcedo was the winner of an 1821 contest sponsored by General José de San Martín to choose a himno nacional (national anthem) for Peru. This anthem was "Somos libres, seámoslo siempre," to words by José de la Torre Ugarte.
In 1822 Alcedo went to Chile as a soldier in a military band. In Santiago de Chile he left the military and dedicated himself to music. In 1833 he entered the choir of the Cathedral of Santiago. In 1846 he became kapellmeister. He resided in Chile for 40 years, returning to Peru in 1864. He became director of the Peruvian military band and president of the Philharmonic. He spent the last years of his life in Peru. He wrote the book Filosofía Elemental de la Música (Elementary Philosophy of Music) (1869), where he explored the subject of the music of the Quechuas. He composed folk songs, numerous religious works, and military music.