Emirto de Lima

José María Emirto de Lima y Sintiago (25 January 1890 – 14 August 1972) was a Dutch composer, conductor, music critic and music teacher. Biography José María Emirto de Lima y Sintiago was born on 25 January 1890 in Willemstad, Curaçao, to Paul Quirino de Lima (1861 – 1926) and Josefina Sintiago. While living in Curaçao, de Lima was taught how to play the violin and piano by his father. Later while located in Barcelona and Paris, he was further educated by Felip Pedrell and Vincent d’Indy, respectively. De Lima later moved to Baranquilla to take up a music job offer originally meant for his father. De Lima was a teacher in a music academy in the city and was at one point the Honorary Consul in Barranquilla for the countries of Honduras and Liberia. He later released his first music compositions in 1911 and became a conductor for radio the following decade. Most of his works were in the Antillean waltz and Mazurka styles. In Colombia, de Lima became the first person to publish local traditional music, listing down songs and oral traditions around the country and released it under the title of “Folklore Colombiano” in 1942. He had also founded the Philharmonic Orchestra of Barranquill