Occupation poet, journalist Name Guillermo Fernandez-Shaw Parents Carlos Fernandez Shaw Movies Dona Francisquita | Nationality Spanish Role Poet Music director Belle Epoque | |
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Born Guillermo Fernandez-Shaw Iturralde
26 February 1893 ( 1893-02-26 ) Died August 17, 1965, Madrid, Spain Similar People Federico Romero, Carlos Fernandez Shaw, Pablo Sorozabal, Ladislao Vajda, Antoine Duhamel | ||
Guillermo Fernandez-Shaw Iturralde (26 February 1893 - 17 August 1965) was a Spanish poet and journalist. He is particularly known as a writer of libretti, primarily for zarzuelas. With Federico Romero, he wrote the libretti for two of the best-known zarzuelas of the 20th century, Dona Francisquita by Amadeo Vives and Luisa Fernanda by Federico Moreno Torroba. His father, Carlos Fernandez Shaw, was also a playwright, poet and journalist who wrote libretti for several zarzuelas and operas, most famously Margarita la tornera and La vida breve. Guillermo Fernandez-Shaw was born in Cadiz and initially trained as a lawyer before becoming a journalist. He was the editor of the Spanish newspaper La Epoca from 1911 to 1936, and a contributor to ABC as well as writing poetry for Blanco y Negro. His partnership with Federico Romero began in 1916 with their libretto for Serrano's La cancion del olvido. Guillermo Fernandez-Shaw died in Madrid on 17 August 1965 at the age of 72.
Libretti
Guillermo Fernandez-Shaw wrote over 70 libretti in collaboration with Federico Romero, including:
In 1941 Guillermo worked with his brother Rafael Fernandez Shaw on Torroba's Maria Manuela. Following Guillermo's feud with Federico Romero, which ultimately ended their artistic partnership, the two brothers then became regular collaborators, producing: