Rosa Mas i Mallén

Rosa Mas i Mallén (* 1916 in Barcelona ; † December 21, 1988 there ) was a Catalan violinist and composer .

life and work

Rosa Mas studied Solfeig with Frederic Alfonso and violin with Francesc Costa at the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona . She took singing lessons with Andreua Fornells and Conxita Badia in Barcelona.

In 1930 she received a scholarship from the city of Barcelona to study abroad. In 1931 she won the Parramón Prize donated in 1924 by the Barcelona guitar maker of the same name . In 1932 she made her debut as an orchestral soloist with the Banda Municipal de Barcelona . In 1933 she received a scholarship from the city of Barcelona to take part in the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Warsaw. Here she earned an honorary diploma.

The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War interrupted her career. After the war she developed into one of the best violinists in Spain. In 1940 she was the first interpreter to perform the Sonata in G minor by Joaquín Turina . In 1944 she was appointed subconcertino (first orchestral soloist ) of the newly founded Orquestra Municipal de Barcelona .

In 1947, Rosa Mas went on a major tour of South America from Buenos Aires. On the occasion of her concerts, the Argentine state offered her to set up and run a higher educational institution for the violin. She refused because she would have had to take on the Argentine citizenship.

In 1961 - shortly before a planned tour to the United States - she returned to Barcelona after the death of her sister Mercè and gave up her career. She died in Barcelona on December 12, 1988.

Works by Rosa Mas i Mallén

Avui és Nadal, (1972, “Today is Christmas”). Christmas carol for choir and four voices, based on text by Rosa Mas.
Cançó de Barcelona, (1971, “Song of Barcelona”). Christmas carol for four voices and piano.
Cançó de bressol (1972, lullaby) for voice and piano.
Esquinita de mi barrio, (1983). Tango based on a text by Dora del Pino.
Mi dulce Galicia, (1975, My lovely Galicia). Based on a text by Mercedes Novo Díaz.

swell

Rosa Mas i Mallén. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música . Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed August 10, 2020 (Catalan).
Anna Bofill Levi: Rosa Mas Mallén. In: Diccionari biogràfic de dones. Generalitat de Catalunya, September 18, 2010, accessed August 10, 2020 (Catalan).

Web links

Literature by and about Rosa Mas i Mallén in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ In some publications 1915 is given as the year of birth.
↑ Necrológicas - Pink Mas i Mallén. In: La Vanguardia (Hemerothek). December 22, 1988, Retrieved August 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rosa Mas i Mallén. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Anna Bofill Levi: Rosa Mas i Mallén.
↑ This compositional list of works by Rosa Mas is taken from the article of the same name on the Catalan-language Wikipedia.

personal data
SURNAME	Mas i Mallén, Rosa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catalan violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1988
Place of death	Barcelona

[1] In some publications 1915 is given as the year of birth.

[2] Necrológicas - Pink Mas i Mallén. In: La Vanguardia (Hemerothek). December 22, 1988, Retrieved August 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[:0-3] Rosa Mas i Mallén. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.

[:1-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Anna Bofill Levi: Rosa Mas i Mallén.

[5] This compositional list of works by Rosa Mas is taken from the article of the same name on the Catalan-language Wikipedia.