Modest Serra i Gonzàlez

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Modest Serra 1895

Modest Serra i Gonzàlez (born July 26, 1873 in Barcelona , † September 28, 1962 in Barcelona) was a Catalan composer, pianist and music teacher. As a piano student and teacher at the Conservatori del Liceu , Serra was part of the Catalan Pianist School just like his older brother Pere Serra i Gonzàlez .

Serra studied at the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona and graduated in piano in 1895. He had started teaching at the Liceu three years earlier. He later received the chair for piano and held it until the end of the 1950s. One of his numerous students was the composer and pianist Frederic Mompou . As a composer, Serra wrote numerous pieces for piano, choral works, symphonies, a fable and a few sardanas.

Works

  • A la popular (1945), Catalan song for voice and piano
  • A posta de sol , for violoncello
  • Arabesca , for piano
  • Aromas silvestres , for piano four hands (contains: Gavota , Canción de cuna , Sardana , Al despertar , Serenata , Pavana , Danza de niños , Minueto )
  • Autómatas , for piano
  • Cançoneta , for violin and piano
  • Concierto en fa , for two pianos
  • Concierto en la menor (1943), for two pianos
  • El conte de tardor, visió musical (1906), with texts by Xavier Viura (formà part del cicle de Visions musicals de la Sala Mercè de Lluís Graner i Arrufí )
  • Flores de España (1945), for piano (comprèn Andalucía , Aragón , Morisca )
  • Modestos pasatiempos , for piano
  • Murmullos (1945)
  • Pastorel lla
  • La pinteta d'or, visió musical en tres quadres per a teatre d'infants (1911), with texts by Manuel Marinel lo
  • Pluja menuda = Lluvia menuda , for piano
  • Rondó en sol major (1943), for two pianos
  • Satan , waltz
  • Sonata for piano and violoncello (1950)
  • Sonata en mi bemoll , for piano
  • Sonata en mi menor , for piano
  • Sonata en re menor (1945), for piano and violin
  • Tarantela en mi menor (1945)
  • Simple arrangement for piano by L'Africana , an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Harmonization for the Cobla La dansa de l'Espunyolet (1908)

Sardanas

  • Bell Montseny
  • Cel blue
  • Joventut (1907)
  • Records de Montserrat (<1930)
  • Somni d'or
  • Vida

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The article is a translation of the article of the same name on the Catalan language Wikipedia.
  2. ^ La Vanguardia: Modest Serra i Gonzàles obituary. September 29, 1962, Retrieved January 12, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ^ La Vanguardia: Conservatorio Superior de Musica - ModestoSerra. January 2, 1958, Retrieved January 12, 2019 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Serra i Gonzàlez, Modest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1962
Place of death Barcelona