Enric Casals

Enric Casals i Defilló (born July 26, 1892 in Barcelona ; † July 31, 1986 there ) was a Catalan violinist , composer and conductor . He was the brother of the cellist Pau Casals .

life and work

Casals received introductory music lessons from his father, the organist and pianist Carles Casals i Ribes . Then he studied violin in Barcelona with Rafael Gálvez and Matthieu Crickboom . He later studied at the Brussels Conservatory and completed postgraduate studies with František Suchy in Prague. He was the founder of the Casals string quartet . He has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras and ensembles, including the Pau Casals Orchestra , with which he occasionally directed. He participated in the organization of the Prades Festival .

He composed concerts for violin and cello, a sonata for cello and orchestral works, orchestral sardanas. He also worked as a music teacher. Gonçal Comellas and the brothers Gerard and Lluís Claret were among his student tribe .

Works

Violin concerto
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra
Suite in D minor: Homage to Pau Casals (1973), for violoncello

literature

Enciclopèdia Catalana: Enric Casals i Defilló. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana . Retrieved October 14, 2019 (Catalan).
Enric Casals: Pau Casals: dades biogràfiques inèdites, cartes íntimes i records viscuts. Pòrtic, Barcelona 1979.
Jesús Giralt Radigales: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música. Vol. 2. Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Barcelona 1999. ISBN 978-84-412-0234-4 .
Emilio Casares Rodicio: Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. Vol. 3, 1999-2002. ISBN 978-84-8048-303-2 .

Web links

Index de les sardanes d'Enric Casals
Estrena de El Pessebre Acapulco, desembre de 1960 Photo: from left standing Enric Casals, Marta Casal, sitting Pau Casals and Joan Alavedra with their wife; standing Narcís Costa
Photo Enric Casals

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana: Enric Casals i Defilló.

personal data
SURNAME	Casals, Enric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Casals i Defilló, Enric (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catalan violinist, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH	July 31, 1986
Place of death	Barcelona

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana: Enric Casals i Defilló.