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 Archives Collection 7 : Alberto Guerrero



Biography
Alberto Guerrero, pianist, teacher, and composer was born in La Serena, Chile, 6 Feb. 1886. He came to Canada in 1918, and died in 1959. See the Canadian Encyclopedia for a full biography.

Scope
Compositions, programs and reviews, photographs and family documents.

Size

2 boxes, .2 m.

Provenance

Donated by his daughter, Melisande Guerrero Irvine, 1998.

Associated
Portrait. By Melisande Guerrero, 1940. On permanent loan from Anthony Irvine. In search of Alberto Guerrero / John Beckwith. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2006.

Call Number.Inventory
Box 1. Folder 1 Sehnsucht / by Alfonso Leng. For piano. 1911. 1 p. of music. MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 2 Tango. For piano. 1936-37. 3-7 p. of music ; publisher's proof with corrections in pencil.
Box 1. Folder 2a Tango. For piano. London: F. Harris, 1937 7 p. of music
Box 1. Folder 3 Tango. Arranged for orchestra by Adolf Schmid. 1 score (15 p.) MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 4 Tango. Arranged for small orchestra by Adolf Schmid. London: F. Harris, 1937. 1 reduced score (1 l.) + 12 parts
Box 1. Folder 5 Southern seas : petite valse. For piano. 1937. “To my young friends”. 3 p. of music. MS pencil.
Box 1. Folder 5a Southern seas : petite valse. For piano. London: F. Harris, 1937 5 p. of music
Box 1. Folder 6 Danse. For violoncello and piano. 1 score (11 p.). MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 7 Final. For piano. 9 p. of music. MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 8 Allegro. For piano. 2 p. of music. MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 9 Untitled sketch. For piano. 3 p. of music. MS pencil.
Box 1. Folder 10 Chants oubliés. For violoncello and piano. 1916. “A Michael Penha”. 1 score (7 p.) + 1 part. MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 11 Minué. For string orchestra. 1 score (11 p.) MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 12 Con moto. For piano. 1906. 1 p. of music. MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 13 Tempo di vals. For piano. 1907. 3 p. of music. MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 14 Andante. For piano. 1 p. of music. MS pencil.
Box 1. Folder 15 Untitled sketch. For piano. 1 p. of music. MS pencil.
Box 1. Folder 16 Quinteto. For piano and strings. 1910. 1 score (13 p.) MS ink.
Box 1. Folder 17 Programs and reviews. 1912-1940. * see below 1 file.
Box 1. Folder 18 Obituaries and other family documents. (Undated MS list of students with some addresses and telephone numbers. Obituary notices re Dr Daniel Garcia Guerrero. Letter from Lily Wilson, and [probably her] translation of Boyd Neel’s A G obituary. Portraits of A G, photographs of Myrtle Rose Guerrero and of Melisande Guerrero, and unidentified photos.) 1933-60. ** see below 2 files.
Box 1. Folder 19 “Remembering Alberto Guerrero” (Programs from Symposium held 25 October, 1990; correspondence from Guerrero students to the conference oganizers, William Aide and Sylvia Hunter.) 1990. 1 file.
Box 1 Folder 20 Private recording. (Sonata, K. 380 (L. 23), E major / Domenico Scarlatti (2:17) – Première valse oubliée / Franz Liszt (2:18) – Quejas ó la Maja y el Ruiseñor : Goyescas, no. 4 / Enrique Granados (4:10)) Piano. 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) digital. Copied in 2003 from a 78 rpm disc. *
1912
June 14 program, solo concert, Teatro Colon, Valparaiso
July 27 program, second solo concert, Teatro Colon, Valparaiso
1913
Feb 22 program, lecture-concert, Teatro Colon, Valparaiso : lecture on Liszt by Eduardo García Guerrero, illustrations by Alberto G G
early 1900s
n.d. Reviews of lecture-concerts on Chopin, and on Schumann, Teatro Union Central, Santiago
n.d. Part of review, by Agustin Cannobbio, of solo concert including A G’s Vals triste and Chopin B minor Scherzo.
1915
May 14, 28, June 11, 25 programs, four trio concerts, Teatro Dieciocho (Santiago?): Carvajal (vln), Penha (vlc), A G
Sept 14 program, orchestra concert, Teatro Setiembre, “Concierto de despedida” Santiago, A G soloist (Saint-Saëns 4th Concerto)
n.d. caricature, "El joven pianista Sr. García Guerrero”
Oct 2 Penha & A G, joint concert in sala Biografo Paris, La Paz
Oct 12 joint concert in Oruro, Bolivia; review mentions presence of "la señora Wilson"
Oct 16Second concert in La Paz, including Breval sonata
Oct 26 joint concert, Cinema-Teatro, Arequipa, Peru
Oct ? reviews, concerts w Penha, Teatro Excelsior, Lima
Dec 5 joint concert in Conservatorio Nacional, Panama
n.d and in Teatro Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Dec. 19 joint concert in Coloseo, ??
1916
Jan 14 program, joint concert, Conservatorio Nacional, Havana
March 6 program, Pickwick Club, ??
March 18 program, Saturday Music Circle, Gibson Hodd, New Orleans
March 22 program, Gibson Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans
Oct. 12 Penha recital, A G accompanist, Aeolian Hall, New York (M. Courier review)
Dec 14 program, "New York début," Penha & A G, Aeolian Hall; including A G's Chants oubliés
n.d. Flyer, “Tourneé por las Repúblicas Americanas” (8 p.) with photos of A G and Penha, and excerpts from reviews
1917
Jan 20 Philadelphia recital, with Abram Haitovitch(vln)
1918
Jan 6, 10, 13 solo recitals, Teatro Municipal, Santiago
Jan 12 dinner menu, banquet in A G's honor, signed by "sus amigos y admiradores"
May 7 letter from Boris Hambourg in Toronto to A G outlining Conservatory position and plans for Trio
June 27 program, orchestra concert, Teatro municipal, Santiago, J. C.Vicuña cond, A G soloist (Tchaikovsky Concerto); program notes by "Lily Garcia Guerrero" (Señora G)
Aug 28 interview, Toronto World, conducted in Fr., on A G's arrival in Toronto w wife & "Melisanda," aged 9 mos
n.d. week of Hambourg Soirees musicales in King Edward Hotel
Dec 2 "début" in Massey Hall
Dec 19 Women's Musical Club
1919
Jan 22 reviews, solo concert, London (Ont.)
Feb 11, Mar 26, May 14 Trio programs, Forester’s Hall, Toronto
Mar 25 Trio concert with Ruth Allen Young, London (Ont.)
April 4 recital by his student, Adele Doney, Conservatory of Music
April 12, May 10 recitals by his pupils at the Hambourg Conservatory
May 29 recital by Broadus Farmer students, Hambourg Conservatory
Oct 7 recital by and with his and Jan Hambourg students, Massey Hall
Nov 6 recital with Jan Hambourg, Morning Music Club, St. Patrick’s Hall, Ottawa
Dec.8 review in London Free Press of recital with baritone J. Campbell McInnes, including Liszt 12th Hungarian Rhapsody
1920
Jan 5 Hambourg Trio, Aeolian Hall, New York, several reviews
n.d. Trio publicity brochure with New York press excerpts
Jan 26 Boris Hambourg and A G, Queen’s University Convocation Hall, Kingston
April 18 Toronto Sunday World review of pupils’ concert, Massey Hall
Oct 11or 18 Allen Theatre solo recitals
Nov 23, Dec 14, Jan 4 Hambourg Trio, Jenkins Art Galleries, Toronto
Nov 29 Hambourg Trio, Utica, NY
1921
April 26 Piano recital “on Mme [Jeanne] Dusseau’s program”
May 10 ALS from Catherine Hambourg thanking him for treatment of her son Clement
Oct 25 program, trio concert, Sault Ste Marie (Ont.)
Dec 6 pupils’ recital, Massey Hall
1922
Jan 19 solo recital, Kingston Art and Music Club
Feb 4, Mar 4, Apr 1 programs, Hambourg Trio
1923
April 7 recital by his student Margaret Clemens, Conservatory Music Hall
April 8 Hart House Sunday Evening concert, two pianos (A G & Carlos Buhler)
Jun 6 program and review of concert by pupils Audrey Maunder and Edward Magee, Conservatory Music Hall, with A G on second piano for concertos
Jul ? concert by Audrey Maunder, child prodigy pupil, Massey Hall
Dec 12 clipping “A new sonata, by a correspondent” describing new directions in French music and mentioning a piano duet by Taglieferre [i.e. Tailleferre] performed by Buhler and A G “last winter” and an upcoming performance of the second Milhaud sonata by Fillion and A G.
1924
Mar 16 Hart House Sunday Evening concert, solo
Apr 2 review, radio recital, CFCA Toronto: mentions forthcoming radio appearances in Montreal and New York
Apr 5 Philadelphia review of WGY broadcast “recently” including Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli
Apr 22 Toronto Star reports on radio recitals by A G, WEAF, New York: President Coolidge to give radio address, "Guerrero, Too." Mentions recitals in Utica and Schenectady
Apr recital by Adele Doney, Conservatory, with A G as second piano in Schumann Concerto
May 3 students’ recital, Conservatory
May 28? students’ recital, Massey Hall
Oct 28 program, New Symphony Orchestra Twilight Concert, 3rd season, Massey Hall: Schumann Concerto
1925
Jan 18 program, Hart House Sunday Evening solo recital
Mar 27 program, recital by student Margaret Clemens
early 1920s
n.d. New photo of Margaret Clemens as Ontario music festival gold medalist
n.d. Review of pupils’ recital at Forester’s Hall
n.d. Two review of recital including Schumann, Chopin, Wagner, his Tango and Valse triste
Oct. Part of review of London ON recital
May Review of TCM students recital in Convocation Hall, including Edward Magee, with A G as second piano in Saint-Saens C minor concerto
1926
Mar 1 program, Conservatory Trio (Blachford, Smith, A G)
n.d. Five Piano Ensemble flyer (4 p.) : Seitz, Kihl, Stewart, A G, Norah Drewett de Kresz; conductor MacMillan; management “The Musical Art Society of Canada, 194 Wellesley St”, i.e. Hambourg Conservatory
1927
Jan 22 review by Hal Frank in Saturday Night of Conservatory Trio Beethoven program
Nov 2 review in Musical Courier of Five Piano concert in Massey Hall
1931
Jun,Jul recitals and master classes, Edmonton, Saskatoon: brochure, news reports
1932
Jul 9 news clipping about piano courses, Edmonton
1939
Mar 1 Five Piano Ensemble program, Technical School auditorium, London (Ont.)
1930s
n.d. Review by Lawrence Mason in Globe of Mozart sonata program by Harold Sumberg and AG, and another review of the same program.
n.d. Review of concert in the Assembly Hall of the Collegiate Institute [Peterborough] by the Madrigal Singers directed by Dorothy Allan Park, assisted by AG and Leo Smith
Apr review, Conservatory String Quartet, with AG in Schuman Quintet
1940
Feb 14 Five Piano Ensemble program, Technical School auditorium, London (Ont.)
1941
Aug news photo re CNE recital of Five Piano team: Seitz, Malcolm, Godden, Kilburn, A G
Box 1. Folder 18 Obituaries and other family documents. (Undated MS list of students with some addresses and telephone numbers. Obituary notices re Dr Daniel Garcia Guerrero. Letter from Lily Wilson, and [probably her] translation of Boyd Neel’s A G obituary. Portraits of A G, photographs of Myrtle Rose Guerrero and of Melisande Guerrero, and unidentified photos.) 1933-60. 2 files.
9 June 1933 invoice, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie, Paris, for books & music supplied to A G
30 Aug 1933 brochure and covering letter addressed to Prof R Finch in Paris, evidently forwarded to A G, concerning Ochydactyl system of "mécanothérapie" of fingers, for pianists & others.
Undated manuscript list of students with some addresses and telephone numbers
Dr Daniel García Guerrero
26 Dec 1933 obit notices
Jan 1934 letter, black-edged paper, from "Lily" to A G, announcing death of "poor Daniel" on Christmas night.
1934 news notice (obit) re, "la mas grande figura de la medicina interna en Chile"
1942 brochure, Mélisande Guerrero, narrator on CBC Latin American programs, cond. Isidor (i.e. Paul) Scherman
n.d. (late 1950s?) clipping, social notice re Lilly Wilson, now living in Toronto
Photographs
3 photos of Myrtle Rose (later Myrtle Rose Guerrero), mid-1930s?
copies of Margaret Sheppard's portraits of A G, mid-1940s
other portraits of A G
publicity photos of Mélisande Guerrero, early 1940s?
framed photo, unidentified
3 unidentified historic photos [in envelope]
faded group photo, n.d. about twenty young men; pencilled names, including “Garcia,” on the back, in confusing order