Name Juan Manen | Role Composer | |
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Died June 26, 1971, Barcelona, Spain Similar People Eduard Toldra, Joan Albert Amargos, Enric Morera i Viura, Federico Mompou, Salvador Brotons | ||
Jota aragonesa, Op. 27
Juan Manen (or Catalan: Joan Manen, 14 May 1883 – 26 June 1971) was a Spanish violinist and composer, born in Barcelona.
His progress in music was so rapid that his father exhibited him as a piano prodigy. Having studied the violin under Clemente Ibarguren, he suddenly appeared as a violinist, and met with such success that in Germany he was compared to his famous countryman Sarasate. Likewise he attracted much attention as a composer, not only in Spain, but perhaps to even a greater degree in Germany, where he resided at different times for protracted periods. His works comprise: the operas Giovanni di Napoli (1903), Der Fackeltanz (1909) and Nero i Acte (1928) with his own libretto; the symphonic poem Neueva Catalonia; a violin concerto; "Fantasia - Sonata" for guitar; a suite for violin and piano; and a number of exquisite miniatures for violin and orchestra. He also made a completion-cum-arrangement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in C, which otherwise only survives in its first 259 measures.