Vicente Emilio Sojo was born December 8, 1887 in Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela and died August 11th 1974 in Caracas. Sojo was a composer, conductor, educator, and musicologist. He was raised in a very musically oriented family where both of his great grandfathers led choirs as Chapel Masters.
He began his musical studies at the age of nine under professor Regulo Rico. After moving to Caracas in 1906, he began studying at the School of Music and Declamation in 1910. During this time, he continued his studies as an “autodidact humanist” while composing his first musical works. After having been appointed Music Professor in the School of Music and Declamation in 1921, he continued investigating diverse sorts of works with differing instrumental and vocal combinations. In 1928, Sojo founded the Orfeon Lamas choir, and wrote his first polyphonic opus. He founded the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra one year later, and became a major driving force within the Orchestra as both its founder and conductor as well.
Sojo coordinated with a number of other composers in 1940 and helped prepare the very first songbook for the children of Venezuela. Sojo was heavily involved in domestic politics; a founding member of the Accion Democratica Party in 1941, he was elected in 1953 as Senator of the Republic by the Miranda state, and re-elected again in 1963. Mr. Emilio Sojo has been regarded as one of the major contributors to the modern school of Venezuelan music, and in 1951 he was granted the National Music Award to commemorate his lifetime of works.
Discography:
1964–1969 9 Canciones infantiles
1958 10 Canciones infantiles venezolanas
1953 Misa para Santa Cecilia
1952 Tres piezas para guitarras
1939 Tres canciones infantiles
1935 Misa a capell , La Noche, La Carretera, Rondel Matinal and Hondie nos Fulgebit Lux
1930–1933 Misa Breve
1929 Requiem Inmemorian Patris Patriae
1928 Por la Cabra Rubia
1926–1927 27 Canciones de ayer
1925 Palabras de Cristo en el Calvario
1924 Ocho responsorias y un Te Deum
1923 Misa Cromática
1922 Ave María
1920 Obertura Treno
1918 Salve Reina
1915 Misa Coral
1914 Tres motetes para la iglesia Santa Capilla
1914 Partitura para festiva
1913 Cuarteto en Re, for strings
1912 Romanza sin palabras
1911 Himno a Bolívar
References:
Images
CD, Aguinaldos Venezolanos del siglo XIX, FUNVES, 1999
http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/sojo.htm
http://enfermedadelalma.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-vida-de-antonio-lauro-se-detuvo-hace.html
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