Ruperto Chapí y Lorente

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Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (born March 27, 1851 in Villena , Alicante province , † March 25, 1909 in Madrid ) was a Spanish composer .

At the age of seven he began taking flute and clarinet lessons . He later played cornet in his town's wind orchestra. He conducted the Banda Municipal de Alicante when he was 15 years old. At the age of 16 he went to study at the Conservatory in Madrid, where he studied harmony with Miguel Galiana and composition with Emilio Arrieta . After that he was first conductor of a wind orchestra for an artillery regiment . Then he studied in Paris at the Conservatory . A few years later he went to Rome to complete his musical training.

In 1878 he returned to Spain. Although his first Zarzuela was written in 1867, he celebrated great success with this special form of incidental music in Spain after his return from Rome . As a result, one or two Zarzuelas of his appeared annually, which brought him great fame. His oeuvre also includes operas , orchestral works , wind orchestra works and chamber music .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1879 Fantasia'eda Morisca
  • 1879 Polaca di concierto
  • 1879 Symphony in D
  • Los gnomos de la Alhambra symphonic poem

Works for wind orchestra

  • Fantasia "La Revoltosa"

Oratorios

  • los Angeles

Stage works

Chapí from Ramon Casas ( MNAC )
  • 1871 Abel y Caín Zarzuela
  • 1874 Las naves de Cortés opera
  • 1878 La hija de Jefté opera
  • 1878 Roger de Flor opera
  • 1880 M'fasica cl'e1sica Zarzuela
  • 1880 La calandria Zarzuela
  • 1880 Madrid Zarzuela
  • 1881 Las dos hurfanas Zarzuela
  • 1881 La calle de Carretas
  • 1881 La Serenata Opera
  • 1882 La tempestad Zarzuela
  • 1884 El milagro de la Virgen Zarzuela
  • 1887 La bruja Zarzuela
  • 1889 Las hijas del Zebedeo Zarzuela
  • 1889 El cocodrilo Zarzuela
  • 1890 Pepe Gallardo Zarzuela
  • 1891 El rey que rabió Zarzuela en 3 actos
  • 1894 El tambor de granaderos Zarzuela
  • 1896 Las bravías Zarzuela
  • 1897 La Revoltosa Zarzuela
  • 1898 La Chavala Zarzuela
  • 1898 Curro Vargas Zarzuela
  • 1900 El barquillero Zarzuela
  • 1902 Circe Opera
  • 1901 Quo vadis? Zarzuela
  • 1902 El puñao de rosas Zarzuela
  • 1902 La venta de Don Quixote Zarzuela
  • 1907 La patria chica Zarzuela
  • 1909 Margarita la Tornera . Opera in 3 acts. Libretto : Carlos Fernández-Shaw. Premiere February 1909 Madrid

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personal data
SURNAME Chapí y Lorente, Ruperto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Villena , Spain
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1909
Place of death Madrid , Spain