Bartolomé Pérez Casas

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Bartolomé Pérez Casas (born January 24, 1873 in Lorca , † January 15, 1956 in Madrid ) was a Spanish composer, conductor and music teacher.

Pérez received his first musical training from his grandfather Juan Casas , who was the director of the Lorca Municipal Orchestra. An uncle sent him to study at the Madrid Conservatory , but he soon went to Cartagena to become a member of the Banda de Infantería de Marina .

After he had completed his training at the Madrid Conservatory in 1893, he became a member of the Banda del Regimiento de Infantería de España in 1895 and in 1897 head of the Banda del Real Cuerpo de Alabarderos de Madrid . In 1911 he gave up this position and became professor of harmony at the Conservatory of Madrid.

With a group of music educators he founded the Orquesta Filarmónica de Madrid in 1915 with the aim of making symphonic music known and promoting young composers and performers. In 1918 he performed Arnold Schönberg's Transfigured Night with the orchestra in Madrid and Lisbon. The orchestra had great success in Spain and on the occasion of a visit to Lorca his hometown named him Lorquino ilustre . In 1924 he became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando .

After the end of the Spanish Civil War , Perez became director of the Spanish National Orchestra . From 1949 he was General Commissioner for Music at the Spanish Ministry of Education. His adaptation of the Spanish national anthem became known . In recognition of his services, he was awarded the Order of Alfonso X the Wise .

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SURNAME Pérez Casas, Bartolomé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Lorca
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1956
Place of death Madrid