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Josefa Somellera de Zavalla

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

A composer who wrote Cancionero Argentino. She lived in Montevideo where she married Juan Angel Zavalla. She sang beautifully. She died in Buenos Aires in November 1865. (Sosa de Newton, 612)

She was the niece of Candelaria Somellera de Espinosa y de Pino. Related to Justa Cané de Varela y de Somellera? Niece of Candelaria Somellera de Espinosa y de Pino.

Life Events

Died 1865She died in Buenos Aires in November 1865.

References

Sosa de Newton, Lily, (1986), Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas


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