Azpurua, Manuel F c1840-may.1892 Venezuela, Caracas - Caracas
pianist, cellist, composer of salon music particularly known for his venezuelan waltzes, studied piano with his sister Concepcion Azpurua de Ponce de Leon, cello with Bernardino Montero, studied music for a few months in New York City and piano with Emilio Agramonte in Cuba, director of music at Colegio Vargas in Curacao, teacher piano in Caracas, member of Academia de Musica of Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Caracas

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[] Mazurka de salon. Piano. 1860/1890. op8
[] Piano trio. Piano, violin and cello. 1879. op15
first prize winner in a competition in Caracas

[] Lira Venezolana. Polka de concierto. Piano. op20
pub Litogr. de Felix Rasco, Caracas 1880/1890

[] La tempestad. Capricho brillante para piano. op20
pub S. N. Llamozas, Caracas c1955

[] Marche brillante. Piano. op55
[] La juventud. Polka. Piano
pub G. J. Aramburu & H. Fernandez, Caracas 1876

[] Como ella. Danza. Piano
pub G. J. Aramburu & H. Fernandez, Caracas 1876

[] Carnaval de Caracas en 1878
[] Despues de comer. Valse
pub El Zancudo, Caracas 1881

[] Invocacion a Dios. 1881
music Manuel Vicente Azpurua (1840-1892), letra de Felix Soublette

[] El carnaval de 1888. Valse brillante. Piano. 1888
first prize winner in a competition at Carnaval de Caracas

[] Canto de amor. Voice and piano. 1860/1890
poesia de Eugenio Mendez Mendoza

[] Noches de insomnio. Gran valse. Piano. 1860/1892
[] Barcarola. Duettino. Voice and piano. 1870/1890
poesia de Eugenio Mendez Mendoza

[] Lira Venezolana. Melodia para canto. Americana y Valse. Voice and piano. 1880/1890
Leopoldo Sucre, Manuel F. Azpurua

[] Como tu. Americana. Piano. 1890/1899
music Manuel F. Azpurua, arr Teresa Carreno (1853-1917)

[] El Ruisenor. Vals de salon no2. Piano
[] New years. Valse. Piano
[] Gran marcha a Guzman Blanco. Piano
[] Tu cumpleanos. Piano
[] Noches de Caracas. Valses venezolanos. Piano
by Azpurua y Llamozas, orchestration Sarrablo y Clavero
dedication: Hommage tres respectueux a S.A.R. Madame la duchesse de Manchester
pub Salvador Narciso Llamozas, Caracas
pub M. Sarrablo y Clavero, Paris 1913

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