Guadalupe Olmedo

María Daría Guadalupe Tomasa Olmedo y de la Lama was a Mexican pianist and composer. She is thought to have composed the first formal string quartet in Mexico, her Quartetto studio classico, op. 14.
Guadalupe Olmedo was born on December 12, 1853 in Toluca, the daughter of Manuel Olmedo Mendoza and Pomposa de la Lama Segovia de Olmedo. She was musically accomplished at an early age. At 12, Emperor Maximilian requested she perform at the National Palace. She studied under Melesio Morales, Agustín Caballero and Cenobio Paniagua. In 1875, she submitted fifteen completed works as part of her examinations for the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. The school's jury awarded her a silver medal with an inscription calling her the first female Mexican classical composer.
On November 23, 1887, she married Melesio Morales. Alfredo Bablot of the Conservatorio conducted the orchestra playing Mendelssohn's Wedding March. She died a year and a half later, on May 11, 1889.

Works

Luz, opus 1 for pianoIllustrazione, opus 2 Coro de la ópera Norma de V. Bellini, op. 3, for flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons 1874Morí!, op. 4, for mezzosoprano or tenor and pianoIldegonda, opus 5 Aida de Verdi, op. 6, 1877, transcription for pianoTaci mio cor!, opus 7, alto or tenor and pianoObertura de la ópera Romeo y Julieta de Bellini, op. 9, for orchestra Coro, op. 11, for basses and baritonesCavatina, op. 12, for mezzosoprano and pianoQuartetto Studio Classico, opus 14, for string quartetLa Africana, op.13, 4 pianos for 16 hands, transcription on themes from Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine, 1875Luisa, opus 15, overture for orchestra

Trío for piano, op. 17Segunda Reverie, opus 28, for piano