Carlos Guastavino

Carlos Guastavino was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. His production amounted to over 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice, many still unpublished. His style was quite conservative, always tonal and lushly romantic. His compositions were clearly influenced by Argentine folk music. His reputation was based almost entirely on his songs, and Guastavino has sometimes been called "the Schubert of the Pampas". Some of his songs, for example Pueblito, mi pueblo, La rosa y el sauce and Se equivocó la paloma, became national favorites. Unlike most other composers, at any time or place, Guastavino earned enough from his royalties and performing rights that he had little need for other income.

5 April 1912

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1912): Antonio Ferri • Bill Roberts (athlete) • Habib Elghanian • István Örkény • Jehan Buhan • John Le Mesurier • Makar Honcharenko

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Akira Toriyama • Arnold Jackson (British Army officer) • Axel von Fersen the Elder • Bill Roberts (athlete) • Colin Bland • Dean Kamen • Ernest Lewis (tennis) • George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach • Haruma Miura • Ivar Giaever • Jolanda Keizer • Kiki Sukezane • Lawrence Dale Bell • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Oronzo Pugliese • Victoria Hamilton • Vurğun Hüseynov • Willeke van Ammelrooy • Yémi Apithy

Born in the same month (April 1912): A. E. van Vogt • Alois Brunner • Bill Roberts (athlete) • Boris Kidrič • Dorothy Eden • Earl Bostic • Eve Arnold • Glenn T. Seaborg • Hamengkubuwono IX • Hound Dog Taylor • Marcel Camus • Richard Carlson (actor) • Robert Doisneau • Ruth Osburn • William Congdon