Cenobio Paniagua, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Cenobio Paniagua

Mexican musician

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1821

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1882

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Cenobio Paniagua y Vásques (September 30, 1821, Tlalpujahua, Michoacán – November 2, 1882, Córdoba, Veracruz) was a Mexican composer. Paniagua completed his studies in violin and became the Second Conductor of the Cathedral Orchestra of Mexico City.
He founded a music academy in the city.
Later, he lived in Havana, and after 1868, in Córdoba. He composed several operas, including Catalina de Guisa which was the first Mexican opera seria, the oratorio Tobías, as well as seventy masses, and also produced writings on music theory.