Óscar Esplá
Óscar Esplá y Triay | |
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Kingdom of Spain | |
Died | 6 January 1976 Madrid, Spain | (aged 89)
Nationality | Spanish |
Other names | Óscar Esplá |
Occupation | composer |
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Óscar Esplá y Triay (5 August 1886[a] – 6 January 1976) was a Spanish composer. The Conservatorio Superior de Música (conservatory) of the city of Alicante is dedicated to him. The Premio internacional de composición Óscar Esplá (Óscar Esplá international prize for composition) was created in 1955 and is awarded by the city of Alicante.[1]
Life
Óscar Esplá was born on 5 August 1886: 52
In 1936 Esplá was appointed director of the
: 389He died in Madrid on 6 January 1976,[3] and was buried in the church of the Monasterio de la Santa Faz in Alicante.[5]: 81
Honours
Esplá was elected to the
Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio.[7] He was elected an honorary member of the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1965.[8]
Works
- El sueño de Eros (1910), symphonic poem
- Suite levantina (1911)
- La nochebuena del diablo (1923), cantata
- Don Quijote velando las armas (1924), symphonic poem
- Himno republicano (1931), which contributed to the official version of the Himno de Riego under the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)
- Tres Canciones (1952)[2]: 401
- Sinfonía Aitana (1964)
- Tres Movimientos para piano
- Sonata Española para piano
- Crespusculum op. 15 para piano
Notes
References
- ^ Pere Miguel Campos (13 November 1982) "Josep Solé Sardá ganó el premio de composición Oscar Esplá" El País. Accessed February 2013.
- ^ ISBN 9780810863620.
- ^ a b Emiliano García Alcázar, "Esplá (y Triay), Óscar", Grove Music Online. Accessed February 2013.
- ^ ISBN 9780674831025.
- ISBN 9788479623524.
- ^ "Associés étrangers" (Fauteuil VI), Académie des Beaux-Arts de l"Institut de France. Accessed February 2013.
- ^ [Ministerio de educacion nacional] (2 April 1959). Decreto por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio a don Oscar Esplá Triay (in Spanish). Boletin Oficial del Estado XXIV (79): 4987. Accessed August 2015.
- ^ Esplá, Óscar. International Society for Contemporary Music. Accessed April 2016.
Further reading
- Luis Español Bouché (2005) "Oscar Esplá: la música en el exilio", Ateneístas Ilustres, Madrid: Ateneo de Madrid, pp. 261–270
- Jan de Kloe (2001) Oscar Esplá in Belgium (1936–1949), Columbus: Editions Orphée
- Jeannine Bouché (1998) Cancionero de Joaquín Turina y Óscar Esplá, Madrid: J. Bouché
- [various] (1996) Sociedad Arte y Cultura en la obra de Óscar Esplá, Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Arts Escénicas y de la Música
- Emiliano García Alcázar (1993) Óscar Esplá y Triay: (Alicante, 5-8-1886, Madrid, 6-1-1976): estudio monográfico y documental, Alicante: Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert; CAM, Fundación Cultural
- Antonio Iglesias (1973) Óscar Esplá, Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones de Educación y Ciencia
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