Amadeu Cuscó i Panadès

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Amadeu Cuscó i Panadès (born February 17, 1876 in Esparreguera , † January 13, 1942 in Barcelona ) was a Catalan pianist , organist , conductor and composer . As a student of Joan Baptista Pellicer, Cuscó is one of the classic representatives of the Catalan school of pianists .

life and work

Amadeu Cuscó entered the Escolania de Montserrat shortly before reaching the age of 9 , where he was trained. In Montserrat he was the organist of the famous monk Manuel Maria Guzmán . In 1891 he went to Barcelona and studied piano with Joan Baptista Pellicer and composition with Enric Morera and Amadeu Vives . He later replaced the organist Robert Goberna of the Barcelona parish of Concepción . In 1901 he went to Sitges as organist and bandmaster and devoted himself to composition parallel to his work as a sound artist.

The four string quartets stand out from his compositional work, one of which, the Quartet in D minor, has received awards from the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Institució Patxot . Of his orchestral works, the Poema psíquico from 1928 and the three symphonic preludes from 1930, two of which were premiered by the Pau Casals Orchestra , deserve special mention. Cuscó was also the composer of two masses.

Cuscó died on January 13, 1942 at the age of just 66 in Barcelona. In August of the same year he was honored in the performance of his hitherto unpublished string quartet Mes Claror , which he had dedicated to his student Joan F. Tort (1889–1967). This work was premiered at the Palau Maricel in Sitges. In 1975 Amadeu Cuscó's family gave all of the composer's scores to the Orfeó Català documentation center .

Works by Amadeu Cuscór

  • Salve Monserratina for three voices and harp . Lemma AGA D / Premiada a Montserrat. Dedicated to the pilgrims to Rome in Montserrat.
  • Ave Maria . For tenor voice with organ accompaniment. Dedication “To my friend Marian Mayral”
  • Prelude for organ , published in the French newspaper La Lyre.
  • Melodias fáciles (simple melodies). Al reverend P. Luis Villalba. (Dedicated to the referend of Fr Luis Villalba.)
  • Petit Melodie-Recitat per piano . (Little melody for piano) Dedicated to his friend J. Tort, dated September 26, 1919 in Sitges.
  • Suite en tres temps per quintet de corda (suite in three bars for string quintet) - for flute, clarinet, piano, harmonium and additional horn. With dedication “Al millor dels meus amics, companys del bon temps en Joan Tort.” (To the best of my friends, the companion in good times, Joan Tort)
  • Preludi , amb marxa de processó (prelude with processional march)
  • Volley for three voices . With a dedication to Fr. Ramir Escofet . (I. Salve fàcil a tres veus; II. Andante; III. Et Jesum Beneditum; IV. Opia; V. Virolay; VI. Copla a duo). Barcelona, ​​dated September 21, 1909.
  • El Rey Lear . (King Lear). Text by Apel·les Mestres , music by Amadeo Cuscó. For tenor I, tenor II, baritone and bass.
  • Minuet
  • Entrada per Orgue (Entrada for Organ)
  • Sevillanas (“Sevilla, Amorosa”; “Castilla la Vieja, Tum turum tum tum”; “Catalunya, El poder del Cant”; “Anhelando llegue el momento de ver a María”)
  • Pequeñas impresiones Sinfonicas . (Small symphonic impressions) In a B major harmony.
  • Melodies pequeñas y faciles . Per a orgue. (Small and easy melodies for organ.)
  • Curs pràctic d'Harmonia. Tractat Richter (Practical course Harmony according to Richter) dirigit pel mestre Cuscó. (Conducted by Amadeu Cuscó.)
  • Curs pràctic d'Harmonia. Tractat d'en Morera (Practical course Harmony according to Morera) dirigit pel mestre Cuscó. (Conducted by Amadeu Cuscó.)

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Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Enciclopèdia Catalana: Amadeu Cuscó i Panadés.
  2. ↑ a b c Salvador Soler Forment: Amadeo Cuscó.
  3. ↑ Amadeu Cuscó's list of works is taken from the article of the same name on the Catalan-language Wikipedia.

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personal data
SURNAME Cuscó i Panadès, Amadeu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan pianist, organist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Esparreguera
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1942
Place of death Barcelona