Isabel Aretz: Pioneer of Ethnomusicology Isabel Aretz, an Argentine composer, researcher, writer, and ethnomusicologist who became a Venezuelan citizen, passed
This cluster highlights two notable figures who passed away on June 2nd: cinematographer John Alton in 1996 and ethnomusicologist Isabel Aretz in 2005. Alton, an American cinematographer of Austro-Hungarian origin, left a significant artistic legacy in film, particularly in the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. Aretz, an Argentine composer and researcher who became a Venezuelan citizen, is remembered for her pioneering work in ethnomusicology and the preservation of Latin American music. AI