Antonio Soler (composer)
Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos OSH (in Catalan Antoni Francesc Xavier Joseph Soler i Ramos ), also called Padre Antonio Soler, (baptized December 3, 1729 in Olot ; † December 20, 1783 in El Escorial ) was a Spanish monk and composer of the Classical music for keyboard instruments.
biography
Soler, son of a military bandmaster, received his training as an organist and composer as a choirboy in the Escolania de Montserrat near Barcelona, where he was also educated. Around 1750 he became Kapellmeister at Lleida Cathedral , where he continued his spiritual career. In 1752 he joined the Hieronymites of El Escorial and became Kapellmeister there in 1757. He gave piano lessons to the Spanish Prince Don Gabriel every day at court and provided refined sonatas as teaching material, the technical and musical challenges with his teacher Domenico Scarlattiwere compared. In 1762 Soler published his great music theory work Llave de la modulación , which he later had to defend against hostility from other musicians. He was in contact with José de Nebra and Padre Martini and also worked as an organ expert.
plant
His fame as a composer is due to his around 120 sonatas for keyboard instruments, often one or two, but also three and four movements. His great ingenuity puts him at the side of Domenico Scarlatti , whom he met in El Escorial. Like Scarlatti, Soler often uses elements of Spanish folk music in his sonatas and does not skimp on ornamentation. In later works, such as his six quintets for harpsichord in concert (or organ, or pianoforte) and string quartet, the Scarlatti influence gives way to a more classic idiom in the manner of Boccherini , which was at the Spanish court from around 1768.
There are also twelve sonatas with several movements by Soler for two organs or harpsichords. He also created over 200 sacred vocal works ( masses , psalms, magnificats , motets and others) as well as around 140 Villancicos and some chamber music works .
Honor
In 1979 and 1980, an international ceremony took place on the occasion of his 250th birthday. Around 80 concerts with 47 different programs, performed by 55 artists (some with their choirs), were held in all parts of the world.
literature
- Agustí Bruach: Soler Ramos, Antonio. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 15 (Schoof - Stranz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1135-7 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Web links
- Works by and about Antonio Soler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Antonio Soler in the International Music Score Library Project
- Frederick Marvin: Soler (Ramos), Antonio. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Music example: Fandango in D minor for harpsichord
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Clive Unger-Hamilton, Neil Fairbairn, Derek Walters; German arrangement: Christian Barth, Holger Fliessbach, Horst Leuchtmann, et al .: The music - 1000 years of illustrated music history . Unipart-Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8122-0132-1 , p. 89 .
- ^ Remigio Coli: Luigi Boccherini. La vita e le opere . Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca 2005, ISBN 88-7246-679-2 , p. 79 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soler, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soler Ramos, Antonio Francisco Javier José; Soler i Ramos, Antoni Francesc Xavier Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized December 3, 1729 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olot |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1783 |
| Place of death | El Escorial |