Amando Blanquer Ponsoda

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Amando Blanquer Ponsoda (* 1935 in Alcoi , Alicante province ; † July 7, 2005 ) was a Spanish composer , musician and music teacher .

Life

As a child he played in the Banda Primativa in his hometown Alcoy and learned the piccolo flute, flute, horn, violin and piano. It was there that he received his first theoretical instruction in harmony. He graduated from the Conservatory of Valencia with Manuel Palau Boix and Miguel Asins Arbo . In 1958 he went to Paris and completed his studies in composition with Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur and Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatory. In 1962 he went to Rome and received a scholarship at the Academia di Santa Cecilia . In 1959 he became head of the composition class at the Conservatory in Valencia, which he was director from 1971 to 1975.

For his compositions he received numerous awards and prizes, such as B. Premio Nacional Maestro Villa for its Concierto para banda and the Joaquín Turina Prize for Invenciones para orquesta . His oeuvre includes around 100 compositions, including 2 operas, 27 orchestral works, 9 wind orchestra works, solo works, choral works and chamber music.

He died on July 7, 2005 of complications from a stroke .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • La Sinfonieta

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1958 Aleluya processional march
  • 1962 Tres Dances Valencianes
    1. Dansa Caracteristica
    2. Ball de Vellas
    3. Iota
  • 1973 Concierto para banda
    1. Allegro
    2. Adagio - Andante- Adagio
    3. Tempo de Marcia
  • 1985 Iridiscencias Sinfonicas
    1. Hoqueto: Allegro non tanto: Allegretto grazioso - Allegro vivace
    2. Intermedio
    3. Ricercar: Moderato - Allegretto grazioso
  • 1990 La Romana
  • 1991 Gloses II
    1. Moderato
    2. Mosso
    3. Moderato
    4. Mosso, con certo vivacita
    5. Allegro jubiloso
  • Elda Moorish March
  • El Somni
  • Triptic para Banda
  • Musical Apolo
  • Tarde de Abril Abencerrajes
  • Any d alferis
  • La Torre es Cristiana
  • La Torre es Mora
  • Entornos
    1. Allegro Grazioso
    2. Lento
    3. Fanfarria y Coral

Individual evidence

  1. ^ El Mundo: Amando Blanquer, compositor de orquesta y música clásica . Retrieved September 12, 2008 .
personal data
SURNAME Blanquer Ponsoda, Amando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer, musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Alcoi , Spain
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 2005