Vicente Emilio Sojo

Relatively little-known in North America and in Europe, twentieth-century composer, conductor, and musicologist Vicente Emilio Sojo was well enough known in his native Venezuela to have his likeness featured on one of the country's postage stamps in 1974. Sojo was born in Guatire, Venezuela, two weeks before Christmas 1887. In 1910, he moved to Caracas to study music at the Academia de Bellas Artes, and, 11 years later, he joined the faculty of the Escuela Nacional de Música, also in the capital city of Caracas. From this base, he wielded a great influence on the course of his...