José Ardévol
José Ardévol (13 March 1911, in Barcelona – 7 January 1981, in Havana) was a Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation.
As a child, Ardévol studied under his father, Fernando, who was a musician and conductor. He
aesthetic ideals. He conducted the orchestra of the government's Ministry of Education beginning in 1959. He continued teaching, working as a professor of composition at Havana Conservatory
from 1965 and at the National School of Music from 1968.
Ardévol's early compositions fall generally into the style of
aleatory music and serialism
. Some of his vocal works praise communism and address other political/revolutionary topics.
Works
Note:this list is incomplete.
- 3 symphonies
- 2 Cuban suites for orchestra
- Forma, ballet, 1942
- La burla de Don Pedro a caballo, for soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1943
- Cantos de la Revolución, vocal work, 1962
- Che comandante, cantata, 1968
- Lenin, vocal work, 1970
- Sonata for guitar
- 6 Sonate a 3, chamber work
- 3 piano sonatas
- Tensiones, for piano left hand
1933 – "Study in the form of Prelude and Fugue" for percussion ensemble 1934 – "Suite" for percussion ensemble 1942 – "Preludio a 11" for percussion ensemble
References
- Don Randel. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 24.
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