Bernat Calvó Puig i Capdevila

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Bernat Calvó Puig i Capdevila

Bernat Calvó Puig i Capdevila (born February 23, 1819 in Vic , † March 25, 1880 in Barcelona ) was a Catalan organist , conductor and composer . He was one of the most important sacred composers on the Iberian Peninsula in the 19th century.

life and work

At the age of only seven, Bernat Calvó Puig entered the choir of Vic Cathedral . At fourteen he was the second organist at this episcopal church. Around 1838 he moved to Barcelona and continued his musical studies there with the conductor of Santa Maria del Pi Josep Rosés and with the organist and composer Joan Quintana .

From 1842 he worked at the Church of Santa Maria del Pi and from 1844 at Santa Maria del Mar as an organist. From 1853 he succeeded Francesc Andreví as Kapellmeister at the La Mercè de Barcelona church .

He worked as a music critic and composed over 600, the Enciclopèdia de la Música speaks of 700, church music works: including over 60 masses , two oratorios, El descenso de la Virgen en Barcelona (“The Descent of the Virgin Mary in Barcelona”) and La última noche de Babilonia (“The Last Night of Babylon”), opera ( Il Solitario , “The Hermit”), symphonic and chamber music and works for keyboard instruments. He wrote the funeral mass for General Castaños for large choir and for simple singing with instrumental accompaniment. The aforementioned oratorio El descenso de la Virgen en Barcelona was premiered on the occasion of the establishment of the Orden de la Merced y Misericordia (“Order of Grace and Mercy”).

Bernat Calvó Puig was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando . Pope Pius IX awarded him an award for a mass that he had dedicated to the Pope.

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  1. ^ Often wrongly cited as Bernat Calvó i Puig .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Bernat Calvó Puig i Capdevila. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bernat Calvó Puig i Capdevila. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.
personal data
SURNAME Calvó Puig i Capdevila, Bernat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calbó Puig i Capdevila, Bernat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan organist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Vic
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1880
Place of death Barcelona