Salvador Bacarisse
Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria (12 September 1898 – 5 August 1963) was a Spanish composer.
Bacarisse was born in
Francoist State of Francisco Franco
. From 1945 until his death, he worked for Radio-Télévision Française as a broadcaster of Spanish-language programmes.
Bacarisse composed for the piano, mixed chamber ensembles, operas including El tesoro de Boabdil which won a French radio award in 1958, and orchestral works including four piano concertos and a violin concerto. His most famous work today is the Concertino for Guitar and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 72, composed in 1952 in a neo-romantic style. It is known in a celebrated recording by Narciso Yepes.
References
- Christiane Heine. "Salvador Bacarisse", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed January 3, 2005), grovemusic.com(subscription access).
- Enrique Franco. "Salvador Bacarisse", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed January 3, 2005), grovemusic.com(subscription access). (Opera)