Pere Serra i Gonzàlez

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Pere Serra i Gonzàlez (born July 11, 1870 in Barcelona , † late April 1934 in Havana ) was a Catalan composer and music teacher. As a piano student and teacher at the Conservatori del Liceu , Serra, like his younger brother Modest Serra i Gonzàlez, was part of the Catalan Pianist School .

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Serra studied at the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona, ​​where he also worked as a professor of music theory , solfège and piano between 1893 and 1931 . One of his students was the pianist Frederic Mompou .

Serra was the author of the opera Las justicias del rey Don Pedro , some zarzuelas, choral and piano works as well as Sardanas . He edited and harmonized popular rulers. Together with his Liceu professor colleagues Joaquim Zamacois i Avel·lí Abreu he wrote music lessons, some of which were reissued in 1999. Under the pseudonym Robert Scott , he wrote introductions to playing various instruments.

His brother Modest Serra i Gonzàlez also worked as a composer and music professor at the Liceu.

Works

  • Loa autómatas , Zarzuela
  • Crisantemos , for piano (contains: Gavota , Minué , Capricho , Tirolesa , Polonesa , Melodía )
  • Elisa (1900), Polka-Mazurka for piano
  • Flor de almendro , for piano (contains: Vals , Mazurka , Serenata , Plegaria , Marcha , Nocturno )
  • Las justicias del rey Don Pedro , Opera
  • Un novio a lazo , Zarzuela
  • Sanctus (1900)

Sardanas

  • Elisa (1922)
  • Isabel
  • Joventut catalana
  • Manresa (1934)
  • Perles i flors
  • La petita sardana
  • Platges de l'Empordà
  • Ripoll (1934)
  • El rocós Montgrí
  • Sant Segimon
  • Visca el bon temps!

Music lesson works

  • Arte práctico de solfeo para el uso de los alumnos del Conservatorio del liceo Barcelonés de SM Da. Isabel 2a. por los profesores del mismo Andrés A. Abreu ... [et al.]; obra revisada y corregida por el director de la propia Escuela Francisco de P. Sánchez Gavagnach Barcelona: Lit. M.Hereu, 1893?
  • Joaquim Zamacois , Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra Llenguatge musical: nivell elemental, lliçons cantades (4 cursos en 4 volums) Barcelona: Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, 1999
  • Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra Llenguatge musical: nivell mitjà, lliçons cantades (4 cursos en quatre volums) Barcelona: Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, 1999
  • Robert Scott Método graduado para el estudio de la trompa Barcelona: Boileau, 1934
  • Robert Scott Método graduado para el estudio del clarinete Barcelona: Boileau, 1941
  • Robert Scott Método graduado para el estudio del saxofón Barcelona: Boileau, 1934
  • Robert Scott Método graduado para trombón de varas y de pistones Barcelona: Boileau, 1934
  • Robert Scott Metodo para trompeta y cornetin Barcelona: Boileau
  • Robert Scott Método preliminar graduado para guitarra Barcelona: Boileau, 1943
  • Robert Scott Método y estudios diarios para guitarra Barcelona: Boileau
  • Zamacois, Abreu, Serra Programa de la asignatura Teoria-Solfeo. 1r curso Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo Barcelonès (3 edicions)
  • Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra Solfeo (6 cursos) Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo
    • Primer curso 52a. edició, 1984
    • Segundo curso
    • Tercer curso
    • Cuarto curso
    • Quinto curso 17a. ed. 1989
    • Sexto curso
  • Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra Teoría: cuarto curso Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo
  • Teoría de la música (2 volumes) Barcelona: Labor, 1949 (25a. Ed. 1994) (Barcelona: Idea Books, 2002)
  • Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra Teoría perteneciente a la asignatura de solfeo Barcelona: Boileau
    • Primer curso
    • Segundo curso
    • Tercer curso 6a. ed.Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo, 1950
    • Cuarto curso
    • Quinto curso 13th ed.Barcelona : Conservatorio del Liceo, 1989
    • Sexto curso 12th ed.Barcelona : Conservatorio del Liceo, 1989

swell

  • Suzanne Rhodes Draayer: Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia . Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6719-2 (English).
  • Gran enciclopèdia de música: Pere Serra i Gonzàles. Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed January 6, 2019 (Catalan).

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The article is a translation of the article of the same name from the Catalan Wikipedia. Little additional detailed information from the Gran enciclopèdia de música has been added.
  2. ↑ Alejandro Pérez: Reglanas . In: Diario de la Marina: periódico oficial del apostadero de La Habana . Havana May 7, 1934, p. 6 ( mcu.es ). According to a newspaper report on May 7, 1934, the funeral took place on April 30, 1934 in Havana.
  3. ↑ According to Gran enciclopèdia de música.
  4. ↑ Suzanne Rhodes Draayer, 2009, p. 339.
  5. ^ La Vanguardia: Música y Teatro. July 7, 1918, Retrieved January 6, 2019 (Spanish).
  6. ^ La Vanguardia: Noticias locales. December 12, 1891, Retrieved January 6, 2019 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Serra i Gonzàlez, Pere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robert Scott (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH April 1934
Place of death Havana