Alba (ne Hava Ferre), Juan Antonio 7.dec.1873-1940 Spain, Reus - Chile, Santiago
guitarist, studied with Jose Maria Ballve, studied harmony, solfege, singing, piano, organ and later guitar, bandura, mandolin, lute, banjo and harp, as a youth he traveled the USA, 1890 emigrated to Chile, 1895 director and conductor of Sociedad de Beneficiencia de Valparaiso, a few years later he became professor of guitar in Santiago de Chile

[Pedrell 1894 gives erroneously born 15.nov.1870]
[Zuth 1926 gives his name erroneously as Emilio Alba, probably as a misreading of Alba Emilia (i.e. the habanera Emilia by Alba), as a result the catalogs of the Union Musical Espagnola Madrid includes the same compositions recorded both under Antonio Alba and Emilio Alba]

Title	Parts

[] Mi tesoro (My treasure). Polka. Guitar. op4 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Pitios (Pythios). Mazurka. Guitar. op8 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Pensando en ti (Thinking of you). Habanera. Guitar. op9 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Militar (Military). Polka. Guitar. op10 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Brisas portenas (Breezes of..). Schottisch. Guitar. op11 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1904
[] Ecos de besos (Echoes of kisses). Valse. Guitar. op12 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Emilia. Habanera. Guitar. op13 pub Henry Lemoine, Paris 1925
[] Amor naciente (Rising love). Valse. Guitar. op21 pub Union Musical Espanola, Madrid D.L. 1970
[] Vals espanol. Mandolin and 2 guitars. op35 pub C. Kirsinger y Cia, Valparaiso Chile 1916
[] Marcha espanola. Guitar. op36 pub C. Kirsinger y Cia, Valparaso Chile 1916
[] Andante sentimental. Guitar. op59 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Celebres guajiras. Guitar. op77 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Celebres guajiras. Voice and piano. op77 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Suspiros del alma (Sighs of the soul). Valse. Guitar. op90 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] Capricho (Capriccio). Polka. op91 pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1904
[] Vida mia (My life). Valse. Piano. op97 dedication: al maestro D. Jose Maria Ballve pub L. E. Dotesio, Barcelona & Paris 1903
[] El mallullero. Tonada popular chilena. Voice and piano or piano solo. op111 pub Otto Becker, Santiago Chile 1902
[] El vertigo. 2 Guitars. op119
[] Ideal. Romanza. Piano or harp. op134 ms Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago Chile
[] La montana rusa (The russian mountain). Schottisch. Piano

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