Joan Manén y Planas
Joan Manén y Planas (born May 14, 1883 in Barcelona , † June 26, 1971 in Barcelona) was a Spanish ( Catalan ) classical violin player and composer .
In his childhood, Manén learned to play the piano so quickly that his father assumed he was the makings of a child prodigy . But instead of piano he studied violin with Clemente Ibarguren, with which he made so rapid progress that his compatriot, the violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate , noticed him and invited him on a tour to Germany while still a young man.
He later drew attention to himself as a composer. which made him better known in Germany, where he spent long periods of his life, than in Spain. A selection of his works included the operas Giovanni di Napoli (1903), Der Fackeltanz (1909) and Neró i Acté (1928) with his own libretto ; the poetic symphony Nova Catalonia and three violin concertos. In addition "Fantasia - Sonata" for a guitar; a suite for violin and piano; a piano quartet; a string quartet and several successful miniatures for violin and orchestra. Also completed Manen the Violin Concert in C by Ludwig van Beethoven , which in the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna is only handwritten and fragmented with only 259 bar lines.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juan Manén y Planas. Munzinger Internationales Biographisches Archiv, November 13, 1967, accessed on April 13, 2017 .
- ^ Gesine Manuwald, Nero in Opera: Librettos as Transformations of Ancient Sources . (Transformations of Antiquity; 24). Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013. ISBN 9783110317138 . p.233-239.
- ↑ OCLC 803922605 describes a manuscript copy of his 3rd concerto, "iberico".
- ↑ OCLC 806389011 - published score of his piano quartet in F minor, Op. 42, 1903
- ↑ digitized by Sibley Library here
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Manén y Planas, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manen, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1971 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |