Emilio Acevedo

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Emilio Acevedo y Muro (born July 30, 1880 in Saragossa , † August 18, 1938 in Madrid ) was a Spanish composer and conductor.

Life and reception

Emilio Acevedo conducted the performance of a Compañia de Zarzuela at the Teatro del Casino in Ripoll on July 22, 1901 . He spent several years in Buenos Aires and Havana and was a celebrated conductor there. From 1919 he appeared in Madrid as the conductor and composer of Zarzuelas. In the 1920s and 1930s he was a conductor at the Teatro Apollo and other theaters in Madrid. In the run-up to a guest performance at the Teatro del Tivoli in Barcelona, ​​he was referred to in an advance notice in La Voz on February 18, 1921 as el mejor de todos los que cultivan el género [the best of those who cultivate the genre (the Zarzuela)]. In 1925 he was president of the Unión de Maestros directoree, concertadorea y pianistas [Association of Correpititors and Pianists]. P. Mu ñoz Delgado referred to him in ¡Tararí! of October 10, 1935 as al eminent e ilustre director de orquesta (la primera batuta de España, sin discusión) [the outstanding and famous orchestra conductor (the first baton in Spain, without discussion)]. After his death in Madrid on August 18, 1938, La Libertad published an obituary in Madrid and referred to him as notable compositor y director [notable compositor and conductor].

Works (selection)

Zarzuelas and other stage works

  • La vendimia. Zarzuela. Text: Julio Sánchez Gardel (1879–1937). Music: Emilio Acevedo. Performed on May 21, 1915 in Buenos Aires.
  • El Pais del Oro , Humorada lirica or Caricatura in three parts, prologue and epilogue. Text: Manuel G. de Lara and Luis Fernández Garcia de Sevilla. Music: Emilio Acevedo.
  • 1919: El Anillo de los faraones. [The ring of the pharaohs]. Text: Sinesio Delgado (1895–1928). Childlike story in two acts, divided into nine pictures. First performance on December 28, 1919 at the Teatro Apollo in Madrid
  • 1920: El sol de España. Zarzuela (Revista) in one act and five pictures. Text: Miguel Mihura Álvarez. Music: Joaquín "Quinito" Valverde (1875–1918) and Emilio Acevedo
  • 1921: El hijo de su padre. Sainete Aragones . Text: Armando Oliveros († 1962) and José Maria Castellvi (1887–1961)
  • 1922: El canto del trovador. [The Troubador's Song]. Zarzuela in two acts, divided into a prologue and three parts. Text: Armando Oliveros and José Maria Castellvi The premiere took place in February 1922 at the Teatro Victoria in Barcelona.
    • No. 2: Para cruzar la vida
    • No. 3: La vida por la princesa
    • No. 6: Serenata de Arnoldo y Trovadores
  • 1923: Mamá Felicidad. [Mother's happiness]. Operetta in three acts, text: Manuel Fernández de la Puente († 1965) and Carlos Allen-Perkis (1874–1929) First performance on May 30, 1923 at the Teatro Apollo in Madrid.
  • 1924: La Boda de Antón o En un día todo cambia. [Anton's wedding or one day everything changes]
  • 1927: Ruy Blas. World premiere at the Teatro Pardiñas in Madrid
    • Baile de las niñas [dance of the girls] Las Meninas
  • 1928: La rosa verde, La Suerte Negra o Los Laureanos. [The green rose, black happiness or the Laureans], Sainete in one act, text: José Muñoz Roman, music: Emilio Acevedo y Muros and Francisco Alonso
  • 1929: El Romeral [The Rosemary Field], Zarzuela in two acts. The second act is divided into two parts. Text: José Muñoz Roman and Domingo Serrano. Music: Emilio Acevedo y Muros and Fernando Diaz Giles (1887–1960) The premiere took place on June 18, 1929 in the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. Premiere cast: Carmela - Felisa Herrero (1905–1962, soprano), Martina - Flora Perreira; Anselmo - Tino Pardo, Cristóbal - Pablo Hertogs, Ciriaco - Arturo Lledó
    • Aquella, la moza en quien yo puse , Romanza
    • Brindis
    • Canción de Cristóbal
    • Canción del vino
    • Duetto cómico
    • Romanza de Anselmo
    • Serranica
    • Fantasía sobre motivos de la zarzuela El romeral
  • 1931: La Castañuela, Zarzuela in three acts, Zarzuela in three acts. Text: Emilio González del Castillo and José Muñoz Roman. Music: Emilio Acevedo y Muros and Francisco Alonso. The first performance took place on January 20, 1931 at the Teatro Calderón de Madrid.
    • Dragones del Rey, Marcha
    • La capa del chispero, Romanza
    • Couplés de los golillas
    • Duetto del cesto
    • Pasacalle de los estudiantes
    • Pavana
    • Pregunto muy quedito a mi corazón , Bolero
    • Tonadilla
  • 1932: Los Laureanos
  • 1940: Juan Moncada

Other compositions

  • Jota Aragonesa for piano, 1901
  • Mi Guitarra, Cancíon. Text: ArturoLeyra and Eugenio Aceves. Music: Emilio Acevedo.
  • España, marcha triunfal [Triumphal March ], 1927

Web links

Audio documents

  1. ^ Serenata in the Spanish National Library. Recorded with the singer Federico Caballá and orchestral accompaniment
  2. ↑ Baile de las niñas [Dance of the Girls] Las Meninas as an audio document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library . Digitized piano roll: 6873 Rollos Victoria
  3. ↑ Aquella, la moza en quien yo puse, Romanza as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library with the soprano Josefina Bugatto and the baritone Pablo Gorgé.
  4. ↑ Brindis as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library with the soprano Felisa Herrero (1905–1962), choir and orchestra
  5. ↑ Canción de Cristóbal as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library with the singer Pablo Hertoggs, choir and orchestra accompaniment
  6. ↑ Canción del vino as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library with the singer Felisa Herrero, published in 1930 by the Columbia Graphophone Company San Sebastian.
  7. ↑ Duetto cómico as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library with the singer Felisa Herrero, Arturo Lledo and orchestra accompaniment
  8. ^ Romanza de Anselmo
  9. ↑ Serranica as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library with the tenor Delfin Pulido (1897–1986), published in 1930 by the Columbia Graphophone Company San Sebastian.
  10. ^ Dragones del rey as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library. Recording with Delfín Pulido y coro caballeros on the Columbia Graphophone Company San Sebastian label
  11. ^ Dragones del rey, Marcha in the Spanish National Library. Published by Odéon.
  12. ↑ La capa del chispero, Romanza in the Spanish National Library. Published by Odéon.
  13. ↑ Couplés de los golillas as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library. Recording with the singer Eduardo Marcent and choir on the label Columbia Graphophone Company San Sebastian
  14. ↑ Los golillas in the Spanish National Library. Published by Odéon around 1931.
  15. ↑ Duetto del cesto as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispanica of the Spanish National Library. Recording with the singer Conchita Rey, the singer Aníbal Vela, choir and orchestra on the Odéon Barcelona label.
  16. ↑ Pasacalle de los estudiantes in the Spanish National Library. Published by the Odeón label .
  17. ^ Pavana as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library. Recording with the singer Conchita Rey, the singer Manuel Hernandez, choir and orchestra on the Odéon Barcelona label.
  18. ↑ Pregunto muy quedito a mi corazón as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispanica of the Spanish National Library. Recording by singer Felisa Herrero on the Columbia Graphophone Company San Sebastian label
  19. ^ Tonadilla as a sound document in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library. Recording by singer Felisa Herrero on the Columbia Graphophone Company San Sebastian label

Sheet music editions

  1. ↑ La vida por la princesa in the Spanish National Library. Published by Ildefonso Alier, Music Publishing, Madrid
  2. ↑ Fantasía sobre motivos de la zarzuela El romeral in the Spanish National Library. Published by Ildefonso Alier, Music Publishing, Madrid, 1929
  3. ↑ La Castañuela , Partitura Vocal in 1931 at the Spanish National Library.
  4. ↑ España, marcha triunfal in the Spanish National Library.

Text books

  1. ↑ ' El hijo de su padre. Sainete Aragones. ' as a digitized version at HathiTrust
  2. ↑ El canto del trovador in the Spanish National Library
  3. ↑ ' La castañuela ' digitized at archive.org
  4. ↑ La Castañuela Text book in the Spanish National Library.

Image documents

  1. ↑ Retrato dedicado del compositor Emilio Acevedo . Portrait of the composer Emilio Acevedo with a dedication from 1936 in the Archivo General of the Murcia region .
  2. ↑ Una escena De "el anillo de los Faraones" cuento infantil de Noche Buena, libro ... scene of a performance of El anillo de los Faraones the Teatro de Apollo. Photograph by Julio Duque from November 30, 1919 at the Archivo abc.

Digital copies

  1. ^ Mi Guitarra as a digitized version of page 32 in Nuevo Mundo on February 6, 1920 in the Hemoreteca Digital of the Spanish National Library

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Desde fora . In: El Mundo Artistico . Barcelona July 27, 1901, p. 8 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  2. ↑ a b El Maestro Acevedo ha muerta . In: La libertad . Madrid August 20, 1938, p. 2 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  3. ^ Emilio Acevedo. In: https://lazarzuela.webcindario.com . Retrieved June 29, 2020 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ El Maestro Acevedo . In: La Voz . Madrid February 18, 1921, p. 3 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  5. ↑ Los etrenos de ayer . In: El Liberal . Madrid December 25, 1925, p. 2 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  6. ↑ P. Muñoz Delgado: La figura de Semana . In: ¡Tararí! Madrid October 10, 1935, p. 3 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  7. ↑ Julio Sanchez Gardel: Los Mirasoles . Ediciones Colihue SRL, Buenos Aires 1993, ISBN 978-950-581-108-3 , pp. 16 (Spanish, google.de [accessed June 29, 2020]).
  8. ^ Obras de D. Manuel G. de Lara . In: La mano que Atosiga . Sociedad de Autores Espanoles, Madrid 1917, p. 46 (Spanish, archive.org ).
  9. ^ Notas teatrales . In: ABC . Madrid December 29, 1929, p. 13 (Spanish, abc.es [PDF]).
  10. ↑ El Teatro - Revista de Espectaculos . In: Blanco y Negro . Madrid January 4th 1920, p. 33 f . (English, abc.es [PDF]).
  11. ↑ Dr. José Manuel González Freire: EL Género Chico y la Zarzuela en Sinesio Delgado . Ed .: Universidad de Colima. México 2008, p. 28 ( cervantesvirtual.com [PDF]).
  12. ↑ En Provincias . In: Heraldo de Madrid . Madrid March 20, 1920, p. 3 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  13. ^ Emilio Acevedo, Armando Oliveros, José María Castellví: El hijo de su padre: sainete aragonés, en un acto . R. Velasco [impresor], 1921 ( google.de [accessed June 28, 2020]).
  14. ^ Canto (El) de Trovador . In: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc .; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2 . US Government Printing Office, Washington 1923, p. 25629 (English, google.de [accessed June 28, 2020]).
  15. ^ El Canto del Trovador . In: La Voz . Madrid February 13, 1922, p. 4 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
  16. ↑ Christopher Webber: The Zarzuela Companion . Scarecrow Press, Lanham / Maryland / Oxford 2002, ISBN 978-1-4616-7390-3 , pp. 278 (English, google.de [accessed June 27, 2020]).
  17. ^ Diego Emilio Fernández Álvarez: El romeral. In: https://lazarzuela.webcindario.com . Retrieved June 28, 2020 (Spanish).
  18. ↑ Hemos Recibido . In: Caras y Caretas . Buenos Aires August 26, 1905, p. 52 (Spanish, bne.es [PDF]).
personal data
SURNAME Acevedo, Emilio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acevedo y Muro, Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Zaragoza
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1938
Place of death Madrid