MarÃÂa DarÃÂa Guadalupe Tomasa Olmedo y de la Lama (December 12, 1853 â May 11, 1889) was a Mexican pianist and composer. She is thought to have composed the first formal string quartet in Mexico, her Quartetto studio classico, op. 14 (1875).
Guadalupe Olmedo was born on December 12, 1853 in Toluca, the daughter of Manuel Olmedo Mendoza and Pomposa de la Lama Segovia de Olmedo. She was musically accomplished at an early age. At 12, Emperor Maximilian requested she perform at the National Palace. She studied under Melesio Morales (whom she would later marry), AgustÃÂn Caballero and Cenobio Paniagua. In 1875, she submitted fifteen completed works as part of her examinations for the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. The school's jury awarded her a silver medal with an inscription calling her the first female Mexican classical composer.
On November 23, 1887, she married Melesio Morales. Alfredo Bablot of the Conservatorio conducted the orchestra playing Mendelssohn's Wedding March. She died a year and a half later, on May 11, 1889.