Rafael Adame
Rafael Adame (* 1906 in Autlán de la Grana ( Jalisco state ), † 1963 ) was a Mexican composer, cellist and guitarist .
Adame came to Mexico City in 1923 , where he studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música with Julián Carrillo , Estanislao Mejía , Gustavo E. Campa and Juan Belaunzarán . Via Carrillo he came to Grupo 13 , an association of avant-garde musicians dedicated to quarter-tone music, which also included Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster and Vicente T. Mendoza . He was also the first composer to compose pieces for the quarter-tone guitar. In addition to his own works, he often played compositions by Carrillo. For example, he was the guitarist in the premiere of his Preludio a Colón in 1924.
In 1927 he received a second prize in the cello competition of the Comisión Permanente del Primer Congreso Nacional de Música . In 1930 he performed his Concierto for guitar and orchestra in its own version for guitar and piano (with the pianist Santos Carlos ). In 1934 he became the cellist of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional , which in 1939 performed his Concertino for cello and orchestra under Carlos Chávez with himself as a soloist.
At the Escuela Superior Nocturna de Música founded in 1936 , he became a guitar teacher alongside Jesús Silva ; he worked here until 1960. Until his death he was the cellist of the Orquesta de la Unión Filarmónica .
For a long time his works were practically forgotten. At the IV Festival Internacional de Guitarra Cuernavaca 1997 his Concierto with Manuel Rubio and the Orquesta de Cámara del Estado de Morelos under Eduardo Sánchez-Zúber was performed for the first time in thirty-seven years.
Works
- Preludio , 1925
- Capricho , 1925
- Concertino for cello and orchestra, 1929
- Concierto for guitar and orchestra, 1930 (published 1933)
- Cuarteto de cuerdas , 1930
- Preludio “Armónico 7” for quarter-tone guitar , 1931
Web links
- Alejandro L. Madrid: Rafael Adame and the First Guitar Concerto of the Twentieth Century on www.guitarandluteissues.com (accessed August 20, 2016)
reception
- Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster: La despedida del Rafael Adame, guitarrista, chelista y compositor in Excélsior , February 6, 1933, p. 4.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alejandro L. Madrid: Rafael Adame y el Primer Concierto Para Guitarra y Orquesta Del Siglo XX , accessed December 7, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adame, Rafael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican composer and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Autlán de la Grana |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1963 |