Salvador Bacarisse
Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria (born September 12, 1898 in Madrid , † August 5, 1963 in Paris ) was a Spanish musician and composer .
Life
Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria studied music at the Real Conservatorio de Música in Madrid with Manuel Fernández Alberdi (piano) and Conrado del Campo (composition). He was a senior member of the Grupo de los Ocho and helped promote new music as artistic director of Unión Radio until 1936.
Bacarisse was a member of the Spanish Communist Party and went into exile in Paris after the Spanish Civil War . From 1945 until his death he worked for Radio-Télévision Française as a spokesman for Spanish language programs.
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Bacarisse composed for piano, mixed chamber ensembles, operas, including El tesoro de Boabdil , which won an award from a French radio station in 1958, and orchestral works, including four piano concerts and one violin concerto.
His most famous work today is El Concertino para guitarra y orquesta en la menor Opus 72 (“Concertino for guitar and orchestra in A minor”), which he composed in 1957 in a neo-romantic style.
His “Andalusian Fantasy” is a short piece and is enjoying increasing popularity in the repertoires for harp and orchestra.
Editions of works (selection)
- Passepied No. II. Ed. By Narciso Yepes . Schott, Mainz (= guitar archive. Volume 608).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bacarisse, Salvador |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bacarisse Chinoria, Salvador (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1963 |
| Place of death | Paris |