Felipe Villanueva

Felipe de Jesús Villanueva Gutierrez (Tecamac, Mexico State, February 5, 1862 - Mexico City, May 28, 1893) was a violinist, pianist and composer in Mexico. One of the best known figures of the Mexican musical romance, which flourished during the historical period known in Mexico as the Porfiriato. At ten years old he wrote his patriotic cantata for piano and four voices, a year later he composed his mazurka for piano The last goodbye. In 1873 he entered the National Conservatory of Music under the protection of principal, Alfredo Bablot.