Teodoro Ballo Tena

Spanish violinist, composer and conductor

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Teodoro Ballo Tena
A photo of Teodoro Ballo dedicated to his student Guillermo Lusa Herrero (Zaragoza, 1917)
Born	12 March 1866 Zaragoza, Spain
Died	5 August 1963 (96) Zaragoza, Spain
Resting place	Cementerio de Torrero
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Conductor, violinist, composing
Known for	Composing
Notable work	himnos patrióticos

Teodoro Bailo Tena (25 March 1866 - 6 August 1962) was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor.

Tena studied violin at the Conservatory of Zaragoza. He continued to study violin under Jesús de Monasterio and music composition under Aranguren and Santamaria in Madrid.^[1]

Tena won first place at the Conservatory of Zaragoza in 1884. He founded the Music School of Zaragoza (la Escuela de Musica de Zaragoza) where he taught Eduardo Viscasillas Blanque and Pablo Luna Carné. He also founded the Philharmonic Orchestra (Orquesta Filarmónica) in Zaragoza in 1890.

Tena composed the himnos patrióticos and a Salve Regina to Our Lady of the Pillar.

Bibliography

Enciclopedia Espasa Suplemento de los años 1961-62, pág. 136 (ISBN 84-239-4595-2)
Biografía en la Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa

References

^ Gabete-Rodriguez, Diego (2017). "74 CHAPTER 4. MONASTERIO'S LEGACY: HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL STUDENTS". Jesus de Monasterio (1836-1903): An Essential Figure in the Artistic and Technical Development of Violin Playing in theArtistic and Technical Development of Violin Playing in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century at the Madrid RoyalSecond Half of the Nineteenth Century at the Madrid Royal ConservatoryConservatory (Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Performance thesis). West Virginia University.