Mar�a de Baratta,  born in San Salvador on February 27th,1890, and died in the same city on June 4th, 1978.
Music
   *  Nahualismo - Ballet
    * Ofrenda de la Elegida
    * Danza del Incienso
* Dances for Piano - Later orchestrated
    * La Campana Llora - Song
    * Los Tecomatillos - Song
    * Can-Calagui-Tunal - Song
She's considered the first researcher of the Salvadoran folklore and she conducted several musical studies with greats such as Agust�n Sol�rzano, Juan Aberle, Vicente de Arrillaga, Alfredo Villalba and Antonio Yianilli. Between 1926 and 1938, she performed piano concerts in the main conservatories and art centres of America and Europe. Furthermore, she represented the country in several americanist and folklore congresses.

She was a member of the Ateneo El Salvador, the Academia Salvadore�a de la Historia, the Uni�n de Mujeres de las Americanas and was elected Mujer de las Americas (New York, 1962).

She wrote 14 musical pieces and 15 folklore pieces about local themes. Only a few of her works were published. Among them, Canto al sol, Ofrenda de la elegida, Los tecomatillos, Nahualismo, El teocalli (ballet), Procesi�n hier�tica, Danza del incienso, El cancionero de la jarra verde and her important Cuzcatl�n T�pico stand out.
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