Ildefons Civil i Castellví
Ildefons Civil i Castellví , real name Aleix Civil i Castellví , OSB , (born January 11, 1889 in Molins de Rei , † July 25, 1936 in Santa Creu d'Olorda (hermitage, administrative to Sarrià-Sant Gervasi , Barcelona )) was a Catalan church musician and non-priestly Benedictine monk of the Montserrat monastery . He worked there as the organist of the monastery and violin teacher in the Escola de Montserrat . Ildefons Civil was a victim of religious persecution at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 . In 2013 he was selected as one of 522 martyrs in the so-called Beatificació de Tarragona beatified .
life and work
Ildefons Civil joined the Escola de Montserrat at the age of eight . Here he showed a very good talent for music and the humanities. He first studied music in Barcelona and continued these studies from 1906 to 1911 with the Belgian violinist and composer Armand Parent at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He introduced the violin teaching method of his teacher at the Escola de Montserrat. One of his music students was Gregori Estrada .
Ildefons Civil was the son of the musician Miquel Civil i Bogunyà. His brothers were the organist, pianist, composer and Benedictine monk from the Montserrat monastery, Francesc Civil i Castellví and the composer and organist Josep Civil i Castellví .
swell
- Aleix Ildefons Civil i Castellví. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana . Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed April 30, 2020 (Catalan).
- Ildefons Civil i Castellví. In: Antics Escolans de Montserrat (Numero 56, June 2014). June 2014, p. 26 , archived from the original on May 1, 2020 ; accessed on May 1, 2020 (Catalan).
- Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War. Hagiography Circle, archived from the original on December 16, 2018 ; Retrieved on April 30, 2020 (English, there under No. 10 Aleix Ildefons Civil i Castellví).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Aleix Ildefons Civil i Castellví. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- ↑ a b c d e Ildefons Civil i Castellví. In: Antics Escolans de Montserrat (Numero 56, June 2014).
- ↑ a b c Hagiography Circle. In: Hagiography Circle.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Civil i Castellví, Ildefons |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Civil i Castellví, Aleix (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan church musician and Benedictine monk from the Montserrat monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Molins de Rei |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1936 |
| Place of death | Santa Creu d'Olorda (Hermitage, administratively to Sarrià-Sant Gervasi , Barcelona ) |