Jesus Guridi

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Jesús Guridi Bidaola (born September 25, 1886 in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Álava province , † April 7, 1961 in Madrid ) was a Basque - Spanish composer . His most important compositions include the zarzuela "El Caserío", the symphonic work "Diez melodías vascas" and the opera "Amaya".

Guridi was born in Vitoria into a family of musicians. His mother María de Trinidad Bidaola played the violin and his father Lorenzo was a pianist. He received his first lessons from the Escolapios brothers and Jesuits in Zaragoza . He received further musical training in Madrid and Bilbao . At the age of 18 he attended the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where one of his teachers was Vincent d'Indy . Further stations of his apprenticeship were Brussels and, following a recommendation by Resurrección María de Azkue , Cologne, with Otto Neitzel .

Guridi married in 1922 and had six children. From 1940 he worked for the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and eventually became its director.

Influenced by Wagner and the late Romanticists, Guridi drew essential parts of his inspiration from Basque folklore. His wide-ranging oeuvre includes chamber music as well as choral and symphonic works. Not to be forgotten is his work as an organist and composer for organ. Inspired by the many Cavaille-Coll organs in the Basque Country, he wrote a great deal of organ literature.

Compositions

  • "El caserío" (1926) Zarzuela .
  • "Diez melodías vascas" (1940) version for orchestra or piano.
  • "Así cantan los niños" (1909) for boys' choir and orchestra.
  • "Amaya" (1920).
  • "Mirentxu" (1910)
  • "Una Aventura de Don Quixote" (1916).
  • "La meiga" (1929).
  • "Seis canciones castellanas" (1939).
  • "Sinfonía pirenaica" (1945).
  • "Homenaje a Walt Disney" (1956).
  • "Diez Melodias Vascas" for orchestra or piano solo using old Basque melodies.
  • "Tripticon del buen Pastor" for symphonic organ. For the inauguration of the OESA organ in San Sebastian .
  • "Variationes Vascos" for organ.
  • "Preludio y Fantasia" for organ.
  • "Ttun Kurun" for large choir.
  • "Ala Baita" for choir.

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personal data
SURNAME Guridi, Jesus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guridi Bidaola, Jesus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Basque-Spanish composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitoria-Gasteiz , Province of Álava
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1961
Place of death Madrid