Joan Lamote de Grignon
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Joan Lamote de Grignon i Bocquet (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ləˈmɔd də ɣɾiˈɲɔn]; 7 July 1872 – 11 March 1949) was a Catalan Spanish pianist, composer and orchestra director.
Life
Joan Lamote de Grignon was born and died in
His compositions, including transcriptions and arrangements, comprise some 150 songs, the oratorio La nit de Nadal(1906), the lyric drama Hespèria(1907), a symphonic trilogy, a symphony, a Missa eucarística for two voices and organ, motets and spiritual songs, and El parc d'atraccions for piano. He also wrote various sardanes for cobla and helped to found the band Cobla Barcelona.
His son Ricard Lamote de Grignon followed in his father's footsteps as a composer and orchestra director. Ricard worked alongside him as assistant director of the newly created València Municipal Orchestra.
The archive of the Lamote de Grignon family, with works by Joan and his son Ricard, is at the document repository of the Generalitat of Catalunya and may be studied in the
He died 1949 and was buried in the Sant Gervasi Cemetery, Barcelona.
Music
Lamote's compositions include about 150 songs, the oratorio La nit de Nadal (Christmas Night) (1906), the lyric drama Hespèria (1907), a symphonic trilogy, one symphony, a Mass for two voices and organ, motets and spiritual songs. There are also works for orchestra with voice, lieder and songs, scenic music, voice and piano, sardanes for cobla, and transcriptions for band.
- Sardanes for cobla: Solidaritat de flors (1907), La Rosa del folló (1908) and El Testament de n'Amèlia (1909).[2] His fourth and last sardana, Florida (1916), was for cobla and men's voices, written for a choir at the Orfeó Gracienc in Barcelona.[3]
Recordings
Bibliography
- Francesc Bonastre i Bertran: Joan Lamote de Grignon (Barcelona: Proa, 1998); ISBN 84-8256-708-X
References
- ^ "Joan Lamote de Grignon - Musicvall, Edicions Musicals C. B. - Web oficial". www.musicvall.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ Sardanes for cobla published by DINSIC Publicacions Musicals, S.L., Barcelona
- ^ Conceptió Ramio i Diumenge Els Lamote de Grignon i la creació per a cobla Recerca Musicològica XIV-XV, 2004-2005
- Published works also in Brotons & Mercadal, Edicions Musicals, SL, www.brotonsmercadal.com
External links
- Free scores by Joan Lamote de Grignon at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Archive Joan Lamote de Grignon in the Biblioteca de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Archive Lamote de Grignon family in the Biblioteca de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Complete biography and bibliography of Joan Lamote de Grignon
- El testament n'Amèlia Video of a performance of this sardana by the cobla Comptat d'Empúrie at the Castelló d'Empúries
- Solidaritat de Flors Video of a performance of this sardana by the Conservatori Municipal de Música Barcelona