Uruguay's Distinguished Composer Eduardo Felix Fabini

Eduardo Felix Fabini (May 18,1882 - May 17,1950) is one of Uruguay's most prolific and distinguished music composer, violinist and guitarist. In his native lands he was in direct bonding with nature. From it he took the sounds of nature and transferred them to music. In 1902 he won the first prize (scholarship) of violin of the Conservatory of Brussels.

picture
Uruguay (2000) 100 Pesos (front) - Eduardo Felix Fabini

Upon returning to Montevideo, he definitively set himself apart with his symphonic poem "Campo". In 1943 he was named Director of the National Conservatory of Music. The State acquired the rights to all his productions in exchange for a life pension. Fabini decicated many years to musical composition, incorporating physical and human elements of the geography of Uruguay.

Among his multiple productions are works such as: "the Island of Ceibos", "Fantasy" and his "Sad" remembrances. In addition to:
"The Mother Country" (1925)
"The Island of Ceibos" (1926)
"Field" (1927) "Symphonic Melga" (1930)
"Mburucuyá" (1933) and
"Morning of Kings" (1937)

Source: Smith Family Genealogy

Checkout Fabini's El Poncho (Classical Guitar) played by Abel Carlevaro here.