Francisco Grau

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Francisco Grau Vegara (22 January 1947 – 21 July 2019)

Career

Born in

Valencia. From 1988 to 2019, he was the director of music for the Spanish Royal Guard and the Director of the Spanish Military Academy of Music since its creation. From 1988 – 2008, he was also director of the Musical Unit of the Spanish Royal Guard
.

In January 2008, Grau became the first

General of Music in the Spanish Armed Forces, having been made a colonel some years previously.[3]

He died on 21 July 2019 in Albacete, aged 72.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sentir cofrade en Sevilla - Details of involved composers, date of birth recorded". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  2. ^ "La Verdad de Orihuela (local press article) - 2006". Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  3. ^ "Press review - El País (Spanish national newspaper) 2007-10-22". Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  4. ^ "Muere el compositor Francisco Grau". Pasión en Sevilla (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-24.