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
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SURNAME | Campo, Conrado del |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Campo y Zabaleta, Conrado del |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish composer, music teacher and violinist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1878 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1953 |
Place of death | Madrid |