Joaquin de la Pezuela

Joaquín de la Pezuela , d. 1830, Spanish general, viceroy of Peru (1816-21). During the South American wars of independence from Spain he fought against the insurgent armies but was forced to resign because of his vacillation in meeting the forces of José de San Martín . He was succeeded by José de la Serna .

Turina (y Perez), Joaquin (b Seville, 1882; d Madrid, 1949). Sp. composer, conductor, and pianist. Cond. ballet in Sp.; prof. of comp., Madrid Cons., from 1931. Wrote mus. criticism. Works, nationalist in style, incl.:OPERAS: La sulamita (c.1900); Margot (1914); Jardìn de oriente (1923).ORCH.: La procesión del Rocio (1913); Danzas fantásticas (1920); Sinfonia Sevillana (1920); Ritmos (1928); Rapsodia sinfónia, pf., str. (1931).CHAMBER MUSIC: pf. quintet (1907); str. qt. (1911); La oración del torero, str. qt. (also str. orch.) (1925); 2 vn. sonatas (1929, 1934); pf. qt. (1931); Circulo, pf. trio (1942).PIANO: Sonata romántica (1909); 3 Andalusian Dances (1912); Mujeres espan˜oles (2 sets, 1917, 1932); Jardines de Andalucia (1924); 5 Tarjetas postales (1930); 5 Siluetas (1932).VOICE & PIANO: Poema en forma de cancionces (1918); Saeta en forma de salve; Triptico (1929).GUITAR: sonata (1931); sonatina; Fandanguillo (1926); Hommage a Tárrega (1932); Sevillana (1923).

Soto, Gary (1952– ),Californian who is an important representative of his Chicano heritage as a faculty instructor of English and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley (1980– ), and as an active poet, whose works include The Elements of San Joaquin (1977), Black Hair (1985), and Who Will Know Us? (1990), The novel Buried Onions (1997) was followed by a sequel, Afterlife (2003). Lesser Evils (1988) collects, prose essays and A Summer Life (1990) chronicles his growing up. Soto is a prolific author of picture books, stories, poems, and novels for younger readers, including Baseball in April and Other Stories (1990). His juvenile nonfiction includes biographies of farmworker activists: Jessie de la Cruz (2000) and Cesar Chavez (2003).