Alejandro Vega Matus (August 17, 1875 – November 26, 1937) was a Nicaraguan composer.
[3] He eventually returned to Nicaragua in 1894, founding and conducting an orchestra, Orquesta Vega Matus.
[1][3] Matus was well known and respected during his lifetime, and was one of the first composers in the region seeing their music recorded and distributed.
[3] Matus composed numerous works,[3] predominantly funeral marches and church music;[4] including 4 symphonic poems, 2 string quintets, 3 operettas, 10 zarzuelas, 5 overtures, 107 funeral marches, and 9 intermezzos.
[1][3] In 2008 Matus was described in Culture and Customs of Nicaragua as one of the "four most important academic composers in the history of music in Nicaragua", together with Luis Abraham Delgadillo, Carlos Alberto Ramirez, and José de la Cruz Mena.