Enrique Fernández Arbós

Enrique Fernández Arbós (published in 1894 in The Strad magazine )

Enrique Fernández Arbós (born December 24, 1863 in Madrid , † June 2, 1939 in San Sebastián ) was a Spanish violinist , conductor and composer .

life and work

Arbós studied violin first with Jesús Monasterio at the Madrid Conservatory , then with Henri Vieuxtemps at the Brussels Conservatory . In 1881 he completed his studies with Joseph Joachim in Berlin. In 1882 he became concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and performed both as a soloist and in a piano trio with Isaac Albéniz and Augustín Rubio . From 1894 to 1915 he was professor for violin and viola at London's Royal College of Music .

Shortly after founding the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid in 1904, Arbós took over its leadership, which he only resigned in 1936 as a result of the Spanish Civil War . At times he also worked as a guest conductor with various American orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra . In 1932 he directed the Spanish premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps .

The compositions by Enrique Fernández Arbós include the orchestral work Noches de Arabia , songs, the Zarzuela El centro de la tierra (premiered in Madrid in 1895) and pieces for piano trio. He also orchestrated parts from Iberia by Albéniz.

literature

• The New Grove, 2nd edition
• Don Michael Randel: The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Harvard University Press 1996, ISBN 0674372999 , p. 24
• Tomas Marco: Spanish Music in the 20th Century . Harvard University Press 1993, ISBN 0-674-83102-0 , pp. 82/83

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Enrique Fernández Arbós in the International Music Score Library Project