Henri Miro

Henri Miro ( Enrique Miro ) (born November 13, 1879 in Tàrrega , † July 19, 1950 in Montreal ) was a Canadian composer of Spanish origin.

Miro was a choirboy at the church of the Montserrat monastery and received musical training there. From 1895 he studied at the Barcelona Conservatory with Bienvenido Socias . He worked as a répétiteur at the Barcelona Opera and toured France with his own opera troupe in 1898.

Around 1901 he came to Montreal, where in 1904 his first major work, the fair solennelle , premiered at the Monument national . 1914 followed premiere of his opera Le Roman de Suzon the Princess Theater . The next year the opera A Million Dollar Girl, based on a libretto by WM Beatty , was released with great success . a. Howard Fogg participated as a violinist.

The third stage work by Miros was the operetta Lolita (libretto by Armand Robi ) premiered in 1922 , which was broadcast by the CBC in 1944 . With songs with piano accompaniment and arrangements (some of which were recorded by Hector Pellerin ) Miro also distinguished himself as a composer of light music.

In March 1927 the symphonic poem Luxor was premiered, the harmonic, rhythmic and coloristic effects of which were praised by the critics. The Association des chanteurs de Montréal performed the cantata Vox Populi at the Monument national in 1928 , followed by the Symphonie canadienne in 1931 . After further symphonies, cello concerts, piano and vocal works, Miro won the Prix Jean-Lallemand in 1936 with the Scènes mauresques .

In addition to his work as a composer, Miro worked from 1916 to 1921 as musical director of the Berlin Gramophone Co , and from 1919 also the Compo record company . He directed his own studio orchestras with which he recorded dance music for His Master's Voice between 1918 and 1922 , including Tin Pan Alley titles such as Sweet and Low , Ja-Da and When My Baby Smiles At Me . The track In a Monastry Garden sold more than 100,000 copies in Canada.

At CBC, Miro was the conductor of the hugely successful Sevilliana and Mexicana series in 1928, and from 1930 to 1931 he directed the radio orchestra of the Canadian National Railway . Miro was also active as a music teacher: He published several articles on harmony and instrumentation in the magazine La Lyre and taught a. a. Lucio Agostini , Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé and Rafael Masella .

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SURNAME	Miro, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Miro, Enrique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tàrrega
DATE OF DEATH	July 19, 1950
Place of death	Montreal