Cause of death emphysema Role Composer Name Xavier Montsalvatge | Nationality Spanish Residence Barcelona (from 1921) | |
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Full Name Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols Born 11 March 1912 ( 1912-03-11 ) Girona, Catalonia, Spain Resting place Cementiri de Sant Gervasi, Barcelona, Spain Education Conservatori Municipal de Musica de Barcelona Occupation Composer, music critic, music professor Died May 7, 2002, Barcelona, Spain Spouse Elena Perez (m. 1947–2002) Children Yvette Montsalvatge, Xavier Montsalvatge Nominations Goya Award for Best Original Score Compositions El gato con botas, El gato con botas, Homenatge, Homenatge, Barcelona Blues, Barcelona Blues, Alborada en Aurinx, Alborada en Aurinx, Recondita armonia: I Allegro con brio, Recondita armonia: I Allegro con brio, Sum Vermis, Sum Vermis, Sonatine pour Yvette: I Vivo e spiritoso, Sonatine pour Yvette: I Vivo e spiritoso, Bressoleig, Bressoleig, Sketch, Sketch, 5 invocaciones al Crucificado: I De passione Christi, 5 invocaciones al Crucificado: I De passione Christi, Concierto del Albayzin: I Con spirito, Concierto del Albayzin: I Con spirito, Canciones para ninos: Paisaje, Canciones para ninos: Paisaje, El arca de Noe: VII Vals, El arca de Noe: VII Vals, Cinco Canciones Negras: No 5 Canto Negro, Cinco Canciones Negras: No 5 Canto Negro, Simfonia de Requiem: IV Agnus Dei Adagietto, Simfonia de Requiem: IV Agnus Dei Adagietto, Alheli, Alheli, Cinco Canciones Negras: No 1 Cuba dentro de un piano, Cinco Canciones Negras: No 1 Cuba dentro de un piano, El arca de Noe: III El elefante, El arca de Noe: III El elefante, El arca de Noe: V El gato, El arca de Noe: V El gato, 5 invocaciones al Crucificado: V D'oracio de temps, 5 invocaciones al Crucificado: V D'oracio de temps, 5 invocaciones al Crucificado: II Pianto della Madonna, 5 invocaciones al Crucificado: II Pianto della Madonna, Partita 1958: II Sarabande Delicat – Plus anime – Tempo I – Tempo I, Partita 1958: II Sarabande Delicat – Plus anime – Tempo I – Tempo I, Tres divertimentos - nº 3: Vivo, Tres divertimentos - nº 3: Vivo, Tres divertimentos - nº 1: Deciso, Tres divertimentos - nº 1: Deciso, Bergerette, Bergerette, Impromptu en el Generalife, Impromptu en el Generalife, Cinc ocells en llibertat - num 2: El rossinyol, Cinc ocells en llibertat - num 2: El rossinyol, Cinc ocells en llibertat - num 5: El cucut, Cinc ocells en llibertat - num 5: El cucut, Partita 1958: IV Final Entrainant – Solennel, Partita 1958: IV Final Entrainant – Solennel, Calidoscopio: II Capricho sobre la banalidad camuflada, Calidoscopio: II Capricho sobre la banalidad camuflada, Piano Trio: I Balada a Dulcinea, Piano Trio: I Balada a Dulcinea, El arca de Noe: VI El canguro, El arca de Noe: VI El canguro, Recondita armonia: II Andante sostenuto, Recondita armonia: II Andante sostenuto, El arca de Noe: II El gallo, El arca de Noe: II El gallo, Concierto del Albayzin: II Adagietto, Concierto del Albayzin: II Adagietto, Calidoscopi simfonic - op 61: IV Final ‘a la Indiana’ Andante ritmico – Poco meno – Tempo I, Calidoscopi simfonic - op 61: IV Final ‘a la Indiana’ Andante ritmico – Poco meno – Tempo I, Si - a Mompou, Si - a Mompou, Quatre rimes breus: No 3 Pietat de la natura, Quatre rimes breus: No 3 Pietat de la natura, Madrigal sobre un tema popular "El cant dels ocells", Madrigal sobre un tema popular "El cant dels ocells", Tres impromptus - nº 3: Leggero, Tres impromptus - nº 3: Leggero, Habanera, Habanera, Quatre rimes breus: No 1 Destins, Quatre rimes breus: No 1 Destins, Tres impromptus - nº 1: Molto delicato, Tres impromptus - nº 1: Molto delicato, Una pagina para Rubinstein, Una pagina para Rubinstein, Calidoscopi simfonic - op 61: II Ronda i Pantomima Allegretto mosso – Meno mosso – Poco piu (come prima), Calidoscopi simfonic - op 61: II Ronda i Pantomima Allegretto mosso – Meno mosso – Poco piu (come prima), Piano Trio: III Ritornello, Piano Trio: III Ritornello, Cinco Canciones Negras: No 4 Cancion de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito, Cinco Canciones Negras: No 4 Cancion de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito, Divagacion, Divagacion, Calidoscopio: III Collage para Albeniz, Calidoscopio: III Collage para Albeniz, Canciones para ninos: Caracola, Canciones para ninos: Caracola, Schubertiana, Schubertiana Similar People Joaquin Turina, Alicia de Larrocha, Manuel de Falla, Roberto Gerhard, Isaac Albeniz | ||
Xavier montsalvatge fantasia for harp and guitar
Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols ([ʃəβiˈe munsəɫˈβadʒə] ; 11 March 1912 – 7 May 2002) was a Spanish composer and music critic. He was one of the most influential music figures in Catalan music during the latter half of the 20th century.
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- Life
- Work
- Important works
- References
Xavier montsalvatge concierto breve 1953
Life
Montsalvatge was born in Girona, and studied violin and composition at the Barcelona Conservatory. His principal teachers were Lluís Maria Millet, Enric Morera, Jaume Pahissa, and Eduard Toldrà. After the Spanish Civil War, Montsalvatge began work as a music critic when he joined the newspaper Destino in 1942, a publication he would eventually direct in 1968 and 1975. He wrote additionally for the daily La Vanguardia after 1962. Montsalvatge also returned to teach at his alma mater, becoming a lecturer in 1970, and then a professor of composition in 1978.
He was awarded Spain's Premio Nacional de Música for composition in 1985. He died in Barcelona, aged 90.
Work
Montsalvatge's style evolved over several different phases. At the start of his career, he was strongly influenced by the twelve-tone technique and by Wagnerism, which together dominated the Catalan music scene during the period represented by his Sinfonía mediterránea of 1949. In the following period, he found inspiration in the music of the Antilles (Cinco canciones negras, 1945; Cuarteto indiano, 1952). His steady contact with the French composers Olivier Messiaen and Georges Auric led to a crucial change in his style, which soon became characterized by free polytonality (Partida, 1958). The final phase of Montsalvatge's work revealed the influence of the avant-garde.
Montsalvatge explored virtually all musical forms in his composition. His work ranges in scale from operas (El gato con botas, Una voz en off) to chamber music (Cuarteto indiano), in between which lie his orchestral works, such as the Desintegración morfológica de la Chacona de Bach, the Laberinto o Sinfonía de réquiem, and the prizewinning Sinfonía mediterránea. He owed his international fame chiefly to one charming and outstanding work: the Cinco canciones negras for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, a blend of Antillean rhythms and themes; among them, the best known is the Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito (Lullaby to sleep a black child). He wrote film music and in 1987, his score for the picture Dragon Rapide, about Francisco Franco, was nominated as the best original music at the Goya Awards.
Important works
