Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga

Composer

1806 – 1826

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Who was Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga?

Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola was a Spanish composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and second baptismal names; and they shared the same birthday, January 27.

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Born
Jan 27, 1806
Bilbao
Also known as
  • Juan Crisostomo Arriaga
  • Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
  • Arriaga, Juan Crisóstomo de
Nationality
  • Spain
Education
  • Conservatoire de Paris
Lived in
  • Bilbao
Died
Jan 17, 1826
Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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