6 , ▁ 1 8 0 5 ▁– ▁May ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 8 6 2 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Argent ine ▁composer , ▁policy ▁mak er ▁and ▁politician . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁times ▁ ▁Music ian ▁and ▁representative ▁A man cio ▁Jac into ▁Alc ort a ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Santiago ▁del ▁Est ero , ▁Argentina , ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 5 . ▁His ▁father , ▁a ▁prosper ous ▁merchant ▁from ▁V iz c aya , ▁Spain , ▁was ▁the ▁colonial ▁city ' s ▁Post master , ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁He ▁was ▁sent ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 7 ▁to ▁a ▁school ▁operated ▁by ▁the ▁Francis can ▁Order ▁and , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 0 , ▁to ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Mont ser rat , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁taught ▁music ▁by ▁fl ut ist ▁José ▁María ▁Camb eses . ▁ ▁He ▁began ▁compos ing ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 2 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁attended ▁a ▁local ▁performance ▁of ▁G io ach ino ▁Ross ini ' s ▁The ▁Bar ber ▁of ▁Se ville ▁( its ▁first ▁in ▁Argentina ). ▁ ▁Alc ort a ▁en rolled ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁C ór dob a , ▁then ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁in ▁the ▁newly ▁independent ▁Argentina . ▁Before ▁gradu ating , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁to ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁Congress ▁for ▁his ▁native ▁Santiago ▁del ▁Est ero ▁Province , ▁a ▁post ▁he ▁res igned ▁from ▁for ▁not ▁being ▁of ▁sufficient ▁age ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁office