Agustí Grau i Huguet
Agustí Grau i Huguet (born March 23, 1893 in Alforja (Tarragona province), † 1964 ) was a Catalan composer and music critic. Grau was the least known member of the Group of Eight, or the Group of Independent Catalan Composers (CIC), as it was also known.
life and work
Grau studied piano and composition with Enric Morera at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu . Right from the start, he combined his work as a composer with music criticism. In 1923 he founded and directed the Revista Catalana de Música . He also worked on the magazine Vibracions . He worked with numerous other Catalan publication organs.
His compositional work is rather small. It contains works for piano, piano and voice, piano solo and even an opera called Laya. In 1930 Grau had composed the barcarole Tamarit for piano, the middle section of which used Mozzarabic songs from the areas around Tarragona.
Selected Works
- Corranda (Old Catalan Dance) (1929), for guitar
- Tamarit (Barcarole) (1930), for piano
- Fable (Little Tragedy Between Two Pearls) (1934), for guitar
- Berceuse ancienne (evocation) (1957), for guitar
- Escenes de la llar (Scenes by the Fireplace), for violin and piano
- Hores intimate, for piano
swell
- Enciclopèdia Catalana: Agustí Grau i Huguet. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música . Retrieved December 15, 2019 (Catalan).
- Naxos: Jordi Maso: Catalan Piano Album. 2006, accessed on December 15, 2019 (English, there also some comments on Agustí Grau.).
Web links
- Literature by and about Agustí Grau i Huguet in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Agustí Grau i Huguet at Discogs (English)
- Agustí Grau i Huguet on MusicBrainz (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Agustí Grau i Huguet. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.
- ↑ a b Naxos: Agustí Grau i Huguet.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grau i Huguet, Agustí |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan composer and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alforja (Tarragona Province) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1964 |