In Search of Alberto Guerrero

List of Illustrations

Alberto García Guerrero, “the young pianist” 9 Caricature of Guerrero 9 Program, lecture by Eduardo García Guerrero, with piano illustrations by Alberto García Guerrero 11 Costume designs from the original production of Guerrero’s one-act zarzuela Rucacahuiñ 17 Cover, special issue of the journal Los Diez 21 Alfonso Leng’s autograph dedication of the gift score of his Cuatro preludios para piano, 1929 23 Lily Wilson, at the time of her marriage to Alberto Guerrero, 1915 30 Caricature of the cellist Michael Penha 34 Page from Guerrero’s Chants oubliés for cello and piano 36 Poster, concert, and ball, New York 38 Menu, testimonial dinner, Punta Arenas 41 Program, “farewell” concert, Teatro Municipal, Santiago 43 Concert brochure, Hambourg Trio, 1920 51 Program, solo concert by Alberto Guerrero, Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto 55 Lily Wilson Guerrero, Edward (“Weedy”) Magee, ca. 1928 60 Myrtle Rose, piano student, ca. 1930 62 Alberto Guerrero in the late 1920s 66 ix list of illustrations 00_beckwith_fm.qxd 2006/03/29 12:22 PM Page ix Mélisande Guerrero’s autograph dedication of the gift score of Stravinsky’s Jeu de cartes, 1937 68 Cover design, The New Approach to the Piano by Myrtle Rose and Alberto Guerrero 82 The Five Piano Ensemble 84 Mélisande Guerrero, shortly before her marriage to Herbert Irvine, 1941 88 Alberto Guerrero, ca. 1937 92 Alberto Guerrero with his daughter’s oil portrait, 1943 95 Alberto Guerrero and Myrtle Rose Guerrero, August 1949 99 Marginal doodles in a school notebook by Glenn Gould, ca. 1943 101 Guerrero and Gould, at the Gould family’s summer cottage, ca. 1948 104 Alberto Guerrero, letter to John Beckwith, 18 January 1951 108 Alberto Guerrero, 1950 113 Alberto Guerrero at the piano in his Cottingham Street home, Toronto, ca. 1957 121
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