Xavier Montsalvatge
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Xavier Montsalvatge | |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres. | |
Spouse |
Elena Pérez de Olaguer
(m. 1947) |
Children | Xavier, Yvette |
Website | http://www.montsalvatge.com/ |
Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols (Catalan:
Biography
Life
Montsalvatge was born in
Work
Montsalvatge's style evolved over several different phases. At the start of his career, he was strongly influenced by the twelve-tone technique and by Wagnerism, which together dominated the Catalan music scene during the period represented by his Sinfonía mediterránea of 1949. In the following period, he found inspiration in the music of the Antilles (Cinco canciones negras, 1945; Cuarteto indiano, 1952). His steady contact with the French composers Olivier Messiaen and Georges Auric led to a crucial change in his style, which soon became characterized by free polytonality (Partida, 1958). The final phase of Montsalvatge's work revealed the influence of the avant-garde.
Montsalvatge explored virtually all
Important works
- Cinco canciones negras (1945) (Five black songs)
- Concerto breve (1953) for piano and orchestra
- Canciones Para Niños (1953) (Songs for Children)
- Sonatine pour Yvette - piano solo (1962)
- Babel (1967)
- Homenaje a Manolo Hugué (1971)
- Serenata a Lydia de Cadaqués (1971)
- Reflexions-obertura (1975)
- Concert capriccio (1975) for harp and orchestra
- Fantasía (1985) for harp and guitar
- Simfonia de Rèquiem (1985)
- Bric à brac (1993)
- "Partita 1958" (1958)
- "Euro fanfàrria"
- Choral works
- Tres canciones negras (1946) for soprano, mixed chorus, and piano[3]
- Operas
- El gato con botas
- Una voce in off
- Babel 46 (opera, 2002 premiere)
- Ballet
- Perlimplinada, music in collaboration with Federico Mompou
- Manfred (1945)
- Music for cobla ensemble
- Elegia a Juli Garreta (1946)
- Madrigal en forma de sardana (1945)
Piano Music
- 3 Impromptus (1933)
- 4 Dialogues for piano (1940)
- 3 Divertimentos (1941)
- Divagación (1950)
- Elegía a Maurice Ravel (1952)
- Sonatina para Yvette (1961/2)
- Sketch (1966)
- Alegoría a la Memoria de Joaquín Turina (1982)
- Si, a Mompou, for left hand alone (1983)
- Berceuse a la memoria de Oscar Esplá, for left-hand alone (1986)
- Una página/Balada para Rubinstein, for left-hand alone (1987)
- El Arca de Noë (Noah's Ark) Suite (1990)
- Dialogues in Memory of Ricardo Viñes
- Schubertiana (1993)
- Pastoral d'Automne (1995)
- 5 ocells en llibertat (1997)
- Bressoleig (1998)
- Homenatge a Victoria de los Ángeles (Piano 4 hands) (1998)
- Alborada en Aurinx (1999)
- Improviso epilogal (1999)
References
- ^ Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition “Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests”
- ^ "Open Indiana | Indiana University Press". Open Indiana | Indiana University Press. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ Nick Strimple Choral Music in the Twentieth Century 2005 1574673785 -Page 192 " many attractive smaller works such as Tres canciones negras (1946) for soprano, mixed chorus, and piano;"
External links
- Commemorative website (in Catalan, Spanish, and English)
- Peermusic Classical: Xavier Montsalvatge Composer's Publisher and Bio