Manuel Palau Boix

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Manuel Palau Boix (born January 4, 1893 in Alfara del Patriarca; died February 18, 1967 in Valencia ) was a Spanish composer , music teacher and conductor .

Life

Manuel Palau received his first music lessons from Timoteo Ferrer in Alfara del Pariarca at the age of seven. In 1914 he began his studies at the Conservatory of Valencia with solfeggia and piano . In 1915 he met the Catalan composer Enrique Granados on a ship that stopped in the port of Valencia on the way. In 1919 he completed his composition and piano studies with Pedro Sosa, Juan Cortés and Eduardo López-Chávarri Marco.

In 1921 his Zarzuela Beniflor, composed in 1918, premiered at the Razufa Theater in Valencia. From 1922 to 1927 he worked as a music critic for La Correspondencia de Valencia . He went to Paris in 1926 to complete his studies at the local conservatory with A. Bertelín, Jacques Ibert , C. Dycke and Guy Rondón by 1933. At the same time he studied harmony and counterpoint with Charles Koechlin and obtained valuable advice from Maurice Ravel , who also corrected individual works for him.

After his studies he became head of the composition class at the Conservatorio Superior of Valencia, where he was appointed director in 1951. He is considered one of the most important composers in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century, as he was not only a composer but also the leading teacher of composition at the Conservatory in Valencia and thus had a decisive influence on the subsequent generation of composers in this region.

In 1929 he became artistic director of the Sociedad Musical Instructiva Santa Cecilia de Cullera , Province of Valencia. In 1948 the Instituto Valenciano de Musicología y Folklores de la Institución Alfonso el Magnánimo was founded and Palau was appointed artistic director. He held this position until his death. In 1954 he was awarded the Medal Insignia de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio by the Minister of Culture. In 1957 the Banda del Centro Artístico Musical de Moncada appointed him honorary conductor.

Works (selection)

Works for orchestra

  • 1919 Coplas de mi tierra
  • 1920 Escenes i paisatges valencians
  • 1921 Tres dançes valencianes
  • 1924 Danza morisca
  • 1924 Tres impresiones orquestales
  • 1929 Cançó de bressol for singers and string orchestra
  • 1929 Homenaje a Debussy
  • 1930 Muntanyesa
  • 1932 Cuatro preludios for string orchestra
  • 1933 Obertura española
  • 1934 El ball de la falla for singer and orchestra
  • 1935 La copla del inclusero for unison choir and orchestra
  • 1935 Poemes de llum
  • 1935 Valencia for piano and orchestra
  • 1936 Documental valenciana
  • 1937 Divertimento
  • 1938 O quam suavis for baritone, mixed choir and string orchestra
  • 1939/1949 Mascarada sarcástica
  • 1940 Sinfonía primera en Mi menor
  • 1942 Salve for mixed choir and orchestra
  • 1944 Sinfonía segunda en Re mayor - Murciana
  • 1946 Concierto dramático for piano and orchestra
  • 1947/1959 Concierto levantino for guitar and orchestra
  • 1950 Salmantinas for female choir and orchestra
  • 1951/1955 Escena y danza de Omar
  • 1953 Dos acuarelas for string orchestra
  • 1963 Heráldica
  • Himno nuevo al Santísimo Cristo Verdadero for mixed choir and orchestra
  • Criatura dolcíssima for singers and orchestra
  • Suite en estilo antiguo for orchestra

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1920 Himne a la bandera for unison choir and wind orchestra
  • 1921 Marcha valenciana núm. 2
  • 1922 Himne a Bétera for one-part choir and wind orchestra
  • 1922 La cançó del poble
  • 1923 Marcha valenciana núm. 4th
  • 1923 Pasodoble andaluz
  • 1924 Penya truquera
  • 1924 ¡Vaya lo fino!
  • 1924 Danza mora
  • 1925 Soc de Moncà
  • 1925 Poemas de juventud
  • 1927 Siluetas Suite
  • 1928 Gongoriana
    1. Noel
    2. Celosa estás la niña
    3. Humoresca
    4. Ecaristica
    5. En el baile del agido
    6. Glorioso parta Don Juan
  • 1929 Marcha núm. 13
  • 1930 Cançó de renaixença for mixed choir and wind orchestra
  • 1936 Dos canciones escolares for children's choir and wind orchestra
  • 1936 Marcha Burlesca
  • 1946 Himno a Manises
  • 1947 Blayo
  • 1956 Marcha solemne
  • 1956 Tríptico catedralicio
  • 1961 Riberas del Jiloca
  • 1961 Rumores del Genil
  • Coplas de mi Tierra
  • Himne escolar for mixed choir and wind orchestra

Stage works

  • 1917 Farandulerías
  • 1918 Beniflors Zarzuela valenciana in one act
  • 1920 Amor torna Zarzuela dramática valenciana in 2 acts
  • 1922 A vora mar Zarzuela valenciana in one act
  • 1938 Lliri blue ballet in 2 acts
  • 1938 Sino Ballet in 1 act
  • 1946 Joyel Ballet (Sketch)
  • 1956 Maror Opera
  • Amparito Opera
  • La vida alegre operetta

Choral works

  • 1941 Aclamaciones for male choir
  • 1947 Hermosita, hermosita for mixed choir
  • 1950 Dos canciones alicantinas for mixed choir
  • 1951 Cançó innocent de Blanca Fe for mixed choir
  • 1952 Dos líricas de Anacreonte for male choir
  • 1952 Scherzino for female choir
  • 1956 Bienaventurados for mixed choir
  • 1958 Lletania en flor for women's choir with children's choir
  • 1958 Sega, segador for mixed choir
  • 1959 Cançó d'hivern for mixed choir
  • 1960 Quatre poemes corals for mixed choir
  • 1963 Laudate Dominum omnes gentes for mixed choir
  • 1963 Quatre petites composicions for mixed choir
  • 1965 La Santa Cena for mixed choir
  • 1967 Cançoneta del balcó for female choir
  • Cançons humorístiques

Other works

  • 1918 Gozos al Patriarca San José for mixed choir and organ
  • 1918 Rosario for choir and organ
  • 1942 Nupcias for organ
  • 1944 Himno al Apostolado de la Oración for unison choir and organ
  • 1944/1960 Misa en Sol menor for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra
  • 1945 Atardecer for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra
  • 1945 Ave María for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra
  • 1946 Deus Israel conjugat Vos for children's choir and organ
  • 1954 Himne a Sant Vicent Ferrer for unison choir and organ
  • 1955 Himne de la Coronació del Sant Crist de la Fe for unison choir and organ
  • 1956 Credo for unison choir and organ
  • 1956 Himno a la Santísima Virgen de la Fuensanta for unison choir and organ
  • 1956 Himno de María Santísima de Araceli for unison choir and organ
  • 1959 Cants de primavera for soprano, female choir and orchestra
  • 1961 Cantarella for children's choir and piano
  • 1961 Justus germinabit for unison choir and organ
  • 1965 Balada al absent for soprano, female choir and orchestra
  • 1965 Canción amatoria for female choir and orchestra
  • 1965 Cançons de la llar for female choir and orchestra
  • 1965 Cançons del folklore infantivol for female choir and orchestra
  • 1965 Rapsodia d'abril for soprano, female choir and orchestra
  • 1965 Seguerilles for female choir and orchestra
  • 1965 Vibración de estío for female choir and orchestra
  • Fughetta for saxophone orchestra (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and bass saxophone)
  • Himno a la Purísima for mixed choir and organ
  • Himno a la Virgen de las Angustias for mixed choir and organ

Works for guitar

  • 1948 Mare Nostrum (Tres piezas mediterráneas para guitarra)

literature

  • Germán Gan Quesada:  Palau Boix, Manuel. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 13 (Paladilhe - Ribera). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0 , Sp. 2–3
  • Blas Galende: Vida y obra del compositor y musicólogo Manuel Palau Boix , in: Levante, Valencia, September 16, 1948

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personal data
SURNAME Palau Boix, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Alfara del Patriarca , Spain
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1967
Place of death Valencia , Spain