Felipe Boero

Felipe Boero (born Buenos Aires, January 1, 1884 - died there, August 9, 1958) was an Argentine composer and music educator. He is most famous for composing the opera El Matrero, after a play by Yamandu Rodriguez, considered one of the national operas of Argentina; among his other works is the opera Tucuman, on a libretto by Leopoldo Diaz, about the Battle of Tucuman. He also was interested in education policy. He began his studies with Pablo Beruti, later traveling to Paris to study at the Conservatory there; he worked with Paul Vidal, and while there became acquainted with the work of Gabriel Faure, Camille Saint-Saens, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Manuel de Falla.