Adolfo Salazar
Adolfo Salazar (born March 6, 1890 in Madrid , † September 27, 1958 in Mexico City ) was a Spanish music critic and scholar and composer .
Salazar studied at the Conservatory of Madrid with Bartolomé Pérez Casas and was a composer student of Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ravel . Most of his compositions were written in his youth, including Arabia for piano and orchestra, three preludes for piano, Romancillo for piano and guitar, the symphonic poem Don Juan en los infiernos and a string quartet.
From 1918 to 1936 he was a music critic for El Sol magazine , and he also worked for the Revista de Occidente . In 1915 he founded the Sociedad Nacional de Música . In 1937 he went into exile in Mexico, where he became a professor at the Conservatorio Nacional . He has published several musicological works, including Música y músicos de hoy (1928), La música contemporánea en España (1930), El siglo romántico (1935), La música moderna (1944), La música en la sociedad europea (1942–1946) and La música en España (1953).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salazar, Adolfo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish composer, music critic and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1958 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |