Manuel María Ponce
Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (born December 8, 1882 in Fresnillo , Zacatecas , † April 24, 1948 in Mexico City ) was an important Mexican composer.
Life and accomplishments
Ponce grew up in Aguascalientes ; the house in which he lived with his family now houses the Centro de Estudios Musicales Manuel M. Ponce . He was considered a musical prodigy, composed a piece called La Marcha del Sarampión at the age of eight and worked as an organist in his hometown. When he began his studies at the Conservatorio Nacional in 1901 , he already had a good reputation as a pianist and composer.
In 1904 he went to Italy to study at the music school in Bologna , between 1906 and 1908 he studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin . After his return to Mexico he taught at the Conservatorio Nacional until 1922, interrupted by a stay in Havana from 1915 to 1917. In 1925 he went to Paris, where he was a student of Paul Dukas until 1933 .
Ponce was friends with the guitarist Andrés Segovia from 1923 , and compositions for guitar occupy a large space in his work, including 24 preludes in all major and minor keys from the late 1920s. In addition, he composed orchestral pieces, chamber music and piano music and is considered one of the most important song composers in Mexico; Estrellita achieved fame (1912).
Works
- Estrellita (1912)
- Concierto para piano (1912)
- Balada Mexicana for piano and orchestra (1914)
- Sonata mexicana for guitar (1925)
- Thème varié et Finale for guitar (1926)
- Sonata clásica for guitar (1928)
- Chapultepec (1929)
- Sonata romántica for guitar (1929)
- Variations and Fugue on 'La Folia' (1929)
- Homenaje a Tárrega (1932)
- Poema elegiaco for chamber orchestra (1935)
- Sonatina meridional (1939)
- Concierto del Sur for guitar (1941)
- Concierto para violín (1943)
- Variaciones y Fughetta sobre un Tema de Cabezón (1948)
- Estampas Nocturnas
- Estudio de concierto for piano
- Ferial , Divertimiento sinfónico for orchestra
- Instantaneas Mexicanas
literature
- Corazón Otero: Manuel M. Ponce and the Guitar. Translated from Spanish by JD Roberts, Musical New Services Limited, Shaftesbury 1983.
Web links
- Literature by and about Manuel María Ponce in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Works by and about Manuel María Ponce in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregor Chanteaux, on: Corazón Otero, Manuel M. Ponce and The Guitar. Translated by JD Roberts, Shaftesbury: Musical New Services Limited 1983. In: Guitar & Laute 5, 1983, 5, pp. 302 f .; here: p. 303
- ^ Brian Jeffery: Manuel M. Ponce: "Twenty-Four Preludes for Guitar". In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 5, pp. 41-43
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SURNAME | Ponce, Manuel María |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ponce Cuéllar, Manuel María |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1882 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Fresnillo , Zacatecas |
DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1948 |
Place of death | Mexico city |