Juan Llossas

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Juan Llossas (born July 27, 1900 in Barcelona , † May 21, 1957 in Salzburg ) was a Spanish musician.

Life

Llossas was born into a respected family of merchants and, according to his parents' wishes, was initially to take over his father's business. He received a strict education and training as a convent student. In addition, he was interested in music and was allowed to take piano and organ lessons, soon ran away and drove to South America as a stowaway. There he made his way as a musician and became increasingly enthusiastic about Latin American rhythms.

After his return to Barcelona his parents gave him permission to study music, this took place at the Tonkunst-Akademie in Darmstadt and later in Berlin with Roesler. Comparable to z. B. Michael Jary he financed his studies on the side with his nightly pianist activity in pubs and began with his first compositions.

Juan Llossas discovered tango for himself and founded his own dance orchestra, the original Spanish-Argentine tango band Juan Llossas . For the opening of the Femina-Bar on Nürnberger Strasse in Berlin on October 1, 1929, his orchestra was signed, alongside formations from Julian Fuhs and Ernö Geiger, and the breakthrough came with the first appearance.

In 1930 he won the “Goldene Funkuhr” in the Berlin Radio Competition, ahead of Dajos Béla , Marek Weber and Barnabás von Géczy .

Later, due to lack of time, Llossas had to rent a plane so that his orchestra could meet all deadline obligations. In between numerous recordings were made. His chapel was also used in talkies.

He was a talented composer, and his trademark was the Tango Bolero , along with other original compositions such as Oh Fräulein Grete and Blonde Claire .

Grave cemetery Ohlsdorf

Llossas was a member of the Falange , the fascist movement in Spain, and was venerated in National Socialist Germany as "one of the oldest supporters of General Franco". The organization “ Kraft durch Freude ” (KdF) repeatedly engaged him and his band to perform in the armaments industry. B. in July 1942 in the large powder factory Eibia in Bomlitz . Despite anger with the Reichsmusikkammer because of “jazz sounds” and a “non-Aryan” singer, Juan Llossas got through the war relatively unscathed and saw its end with his German wife Ruth in Hamburg . Then he succeeded in a second career, he was signed with his orchestra for the English soldier broadcaster BFN . He stayed at the Hamburger Musikhalle for almost 4 years with 43 musicians, 2 arrangers, notation writer and secretary . Llossas had to write a new tango every week, which was then brought to London by plane to the BBC .

He gave many concerts with his orchestra, especially in the Hamburg Music Hall and the Hamburg Varieté “ Haus Vaterland ”.

Llossas died of a stroke during a guest performance in Salzburg and, according to his widow's wishes, was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery.

Audio documents

Llossas left recordings on gramophone, ultraphone , Tri-Ergon , Tempo and Imperial (crystal).

a) Compositions by Llossas:

b) Recordings with Llossas:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Guest performance of a Spanish dance band", in Walsroder Zeitung of July 7, 1942.
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personal data
SURNAME Llossas, Juan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1957
Place of death Salzburg