Juan Arriaga was born in Bilbao on January 27 1806 and died in Paris on January 17 1826. He was a true musical artist having composed his first work - the 'Ensayo De Octeto Nada y Mucho' when he was 11 years old; when he was 12 an 'Obertura' and when 14 the opera in two acts 'Los Esclavos Felices' and the 'Variaciones La Hungara' - productions of perfect construction.
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