Rosita Melo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Clotilde Mela Rosa Luciano, better known as Rosita Melo (9 July 1897 - 12 August 1981), was an Argentinian-Uruguayan pianist, composer and poet. She is the author of the famous Creole Waltz "Desde el alma" for which she is recognized as the first female Rioplatense Hispanic composer in the world. Rosita was born in Montevideo on July 9, 1897, as the youngest child of Italian immigrants Michele Mela and Rosa Luciano de Mela. She was baptized at the cathedral of Montevideo. Shortly after, the family migrated to Argentine in 1900. They settled in Buenos Aires when Rosita was three years old. Rosita showed a great talent for music. At the age of four she could already play the piano by ear. Once in primary school, she never gave up her music studies. She later studied piano in Buenos Aires and ultimately became a professor of piano and concert at the prestigious Thibaud-Piazzini conservatory.