Andrianary Ratianarivo
Andrianary Ratianarivo | |
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| Born | 1895 Madagascar |
| Genres | Kalon'ny fahiny, ba-gasy, vakondrazana |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, acoustic guitar |
Andrianary Ratianarivo (1895-1949) was a pianist and composer of vakondrazana and ba-gasy music from the central highlands of Madagascar. He was a major composer for the Malagasy theatrical genre that reached its peak between 1920 and 1940 at the Theatre d'Isotry in Antananarivo.[1] Ratianarivo was born in the year of Madagascar's colonization to a musician of the royal palace.[2] His pieces were typically written for piano, often with solo, duet or choral vocal accompaniment sung in the Malagasy language. He was classically trained as a conductor and composed over 500 songs and scores for theater, including an opera penned by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo entitled Imaitsoanala (1935), which remains the only Malagasy opera. In 1929 he formed the theatrical troupe Jeanette in Antananarivo with Rakaramanga and Jeanette,[2] a group that continues to perform at the Theatre d'Isotry to the present.[3] His songs form part of the canon of classical Malagasy piano music. A street in downtown Antananarivo is named after him.[4]
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Notes
- ^ http://books.google.rw/books?id=MNsTAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Naka+Rabemananatsoa%22&dq=%22Naka+Rabemananatsoa%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gINyUZidLs7UPI7BgPAB&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA
- ^ a b http://www.iarivo.org/personnalites-publiques/ratianarivo-andrianary/
- ^ http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201111282524.html
- ^ http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/45178510
References
- Anderson, Ian (2000). "Ocean Music from Southeast Africa". The Rough Guide to World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. pp. 523–532. ISBN 9781843535515.