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G. E. 59 Julio J. Otermin & Trio de Guitarras de Uruguay 1915-19 CD $17.00 Julio J. Otermin was a professor and composer of guitar music. He
resides in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1906 he studied with the Spanish
guitar professor Pedro Maza, then at the time, also residing in the
same capital. He has two works published, "Un Sueño" and "Perlas de
Uruguay", the latter, which obtained the Primer Premio-Certamen
España- Celebrado en Montevideo (First Prize-Spanish Composition
Competition-Celebrated in Montevideo). Both of the compositions are
Boston waltzes, of a well achieved movement and and relative musical
value.
This short biography is translated from the "Diccionario de
Guitarristas" by Domingo Prat, published in 1934 by Romero y Fernandez.
Both of the musical compositions mentioned by Domingo Prat were listed
in the 1931 Antigua Casa Nuñez catalog.
In Richard "Rico" Stover's "Six Silver Moonbeams-The Life and Times
of Agustin Barrios Mangoré" on page 43, he mentions a concert in the
fall (March, April, May) of 1912 organized by Carlos Trapani, where
Agustin Barrios as well as Julio Otermin and the Spanish guitarist
Francisco Callejas performed in Montevideo. In listening to original works by
Otermin such as "Nocturno" it is easy to make note of the concert
level composition of his creative ability.
There is nothing well known about the other two members of the Trio de
Guitarras de Uruguay: Carlos M. Quintana and Anastasio Méndez. In that
Julio J. Otermin was a professor, it may be considered that they were
advanced students of his, until further verification may be found.
They undeniably created a very lively and popular sound at the
beginning of the World War I (The Great War) period of time.
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