Vicente Asencio
Vicente Asencio y Ruano (29 October 1908 – 4 April 1979) was a Spanish composer. He is perhaps best known for his works for guitar of which guitarists Andrés Segovia and Narciso Yepes were notable exponents.
Life
Born in
Asencio began composing in the early 1920s, and his first major success was the ballet Fuego de Fiesta (1926). His earlier music displays an evident influence of the composer Manuel de Falla. In 1932 he founded the Conservatorio de Música de Castellón de la Plana with violinist Abel Mus. In 1934 he helped formed the Grupo de los Jóvenes, a group of talented young musicians in Valencia whose members also included Vicente Garcés and Ricardo Olmos among others.
In 1943 Asencio married one of his pupils, the composer and painter
In 1953 Asencio joined the music faculty at the
Music
Asencio's best-known works for the guitar are Elegía a Manuel de Falla (1946), Sonatina (1949), Collectici Íntim (1965), and Dipso (1973). He also wrote music for several successful ballets, most notably La casada infiel (1949) which is considered his best work in that genre. A number of the songs from that ballet were later transcribed by the composer for the guitar. He also wrote a considerable amount of orchestral music, including Preludio a la Dama de Elche (1949); Sonada alegre (1954); Llanto a Manuel de Falla (1955), and Danzas Valencianas (1963).
Sources
- Marco, Tomás (1983). Historia de la música española. Siglo XX. Alianza Editorial. ISBN 84-206-8506-2.
- Bernardo Adam Ferrero. Músicos Valencianos. Ed. Proip, S.A. 1988. València. ISBN 84-87179-00-2
- Diversos Autors. Historia de la Música de la Comunidad Valenciana. Editorial Prensa Valenciana, S.A. 1992. ISBN 84-87502-21-0
- Article Asencio Ruano, Vicente de l' Enciclopedia de la Comunidad Valenciana. Editorial Prensa Valenciana. València, 2005. ISBN 84-87502-56-3