Conrado del Campo

Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta (born October 28, 1878 in Madrid , † March 17, 1953 ibid) was a Spanish composer , violinist and music teacher.

Life

Del Campo studied in 1889 at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid with José del Hierro , Jesús de Monasterio , Pedro Fontanilla and Emilio Serrano , he also took courses with Ruperto Chapí y Lorente . He also played the violin in the symphony orchestra of the Teatro Real , in the Cuarteto Francés and the Quinteto de Madrid .

In 1915 he became professor of composition at the Conservatory of Madrid. His students included musicians such as Cristóbal Halffter , Enrique Franco , Amadeo Roldán and Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson .

Del Campo composed operas and zarzuelas , symphonic and chamber music works.

In 1899 Del Campo received a composition prize for the symphonic poem Ante las Ruinas . In 1928 he received the second prize in the Iberian preliminary round in the International Schubert Competition for completing Schubert's Unfinished .

Works

Operas

• El final de Don Álvaro , 1911
• La tragedia del beso , 1915
• El Avapiés , 1919
• Fantochines , 1924

Zarzuelas

• La Neña , 1904
• Aires de la Sierra , 1909
• El Bachiller Medina , 1909
• Astucia de mujer , 1912
• La Flor de Agua , 1914
• La Culpa , 1914
• La Romería , 1917
• El Hombre mas guapo del mundo , 1920
• Bohemios , 1920
• El Carrillón o El Demonio ha entrado en Flandes , 1922
• El País del Sol , 1925
• En plena locura , 1926
• La Flor del Pazo o La Prometida , 1926
• El Cabaret de la Academia , 1927
• La Promesa , 1928
• La Malquerida , 1939
• Lola, la Piconera , 1950
• El Burlador de Toledo , UA 1965

Symphonic works

• Ante las Ruinas
• Bocetos castellanos
• Obertura madrileña
• Evocación y nostalgia de los molinos de viento
• Evocación en Castilla
• Fantasia castellana
• Tríptico castellano
• El viento de Castilla