| Commissioned Works | Composers
and their works played in the Deià Festival |
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| Bartomeo Artigues | ||
| Antoni Girard | ||
| Carl Mansker | ||
Other Composers of Special Interest
One of the distinguishing features of the Festival Internacional de Deia is the exploration of seldom heard Classical, Romantic, and Post-Romantic composers, as well as some of the more accesible contemporary music.
Franz Berwald (1796-1868) Piano Trio Piano Quartet with Winds Piano Quintet with Strings Sonata for Violin and Piano Sonata for Violoncello and Piano Manuel Castillo (1930- ) Intimuus Perpetuum Manuel Castillo, born in Seville, studied piano and composition in Madrid, and later in Paris. In 1959 he won the National Music Prize. His work draws on French music and on the Spanish nationalist manner (especially Sevillian regionalism), a continuation of the work of Turina. Among composers of his generation he is the leading exponent of this tradition, and has had an important influence on younger Andalusian musicians.
Ernö von Dohnanyi (1887-1960) Piano Quintet, Nº 1, Op. 1 Piano Quintet, Nº 2, Op. 26 Dohnányi was one of the great pianists of all
history, according to the Grove Dictionary of Music. He was one
of the first to recognize Bartok as a great composer. He was
director of the Budapest Conservatoire until Nazi sympathizers
forbade Jewish musicians to teach or play in the symphony, when
he left for Vienna, then Switzerland, and finally, by way of
Argentina arrived in the United States. Until his death during a
recording in New York at the age of 87, he was teaching in the
Florida State University at Tallahassee, Florida. Salvador Brotons
Armando José Fernandes (Lisbon 1906)
Piano Sonata George Chadwick
George Chadwick gained success very young with his String Quartet Nº 2 and his overture Rip Van Winkle. He then studied in Munich with Rheinberger. Returning to the United States he soon became the director of the New England Conservatory. He was of rural stock, a high- school dropout, and a vagabond scholar, and was hardly a stereotype. In his best works he was a pioneer in freeing American music from German conservatory style. After popularity before the onset of World War I, he fell into neglect when musical fashion changed in favor of the younger Americans of the 1920´s.
Georgy L'vovitch Katuar [Georges Catoire] (Moscow 1861-Moscow 1926)
Albéric Magnard (1865-1914) Sonata for Cello and Piano Alexis de Castillon (Chartres 1838-Paris 1873)
Amy Beach (1867-1924) Sonata for Violin and Piano Trio for Violin, Cello, piano Amy Beach was a child prodigy pianist, making her debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1885, and during the next two years she played the Moscheles Piano Concerto, the Chopin F Minor Concerto, and the Mendelssohn, with the Boston and the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Her "Gaelic" Symphony was the first symphony composed by an American woman. She toured Europe between 1911 and 1914, playing her own piano concerto in Hamburg, Leipzig, and Berlin. Beach was a leading representative of the late 19th-century Romantic style cultivated by Chadwick, Foote and the Boston School. Though she was one of the first composers completely trained in the USA, she did not believe in an "Americanist" school, and drew inspiration from Brahms, Wagner, Debussy, as well as fellow-American MacDowell. Amy Beach, a la edad de un año, reconocía y cantaba canciones que ha oído solo una vez, sin ninguna equivocación de melodía o ritmo. Con cuatro años, empezó tocar el piano por su cuenta, y con seis, insistió en dar clases con su madre. Con siete, dió su primer recital - valses de Chopin, una sonata temprana de Beethoven, y obras suyas. Hizo su debut professional a la edad de dieciseis años, y tocó tres conciertos en los dos años siguientes con orquestas de Boston: Moscheles, Chopin, y Mendelssohn. Era la primera norteamericana que compuso una sinfonía, que se tocó en Boston, New York, Pittsburg, Hamburgo y Leipzig. Hizo giras por Europa entre 1911 y 1914, después de la muerte de su marido - se casaron en el 1885, y durante estos 25 años juntos, ella se dedicó a la composición. Su música, aunque muy original, fue inspirada por las páginas de los grandes Románticos: Brahms, Wagner, y los Impressionistas Debussy y MacDowel Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Piano Quintet Suite in E Major Arthur Foote studied music at Harvard University, where he was director of the Harvard Glee Club. He was the first to earn a Master´s degree in music from Harvard, where his composition teacher was the prestigious composer, John Knowles Paine. He later studied piano and organ in Boston. Foote was the first important American composer completely educated in the United States, although his music still demonstrates the influence of Brahms. In his day, his music was described as "classic-romantic, gentlemanly, well made, and refined."
Arthur Foote estudió música y dirigió el Harvard Glee Club (coro) en Harvard College, donde su profesor de composición era el prestigioso John Knowles Paine. Foote ganó el primer Master de Música de Harvard (1875). Luego estudió piano y organo en Boston. Era único en su tiempo por ser educado totalmente en Estados Unidos. Aunque sus estudios era todos norteamericanos, su música demuestra la influéncia de Brahms. En su día, describieron su obra como "clásica-Romántica, caballeristica, bien hecha, y refinada." MALLORCAN COMPOSERS Jaume Mas Porcel (1909-1993) Songs and Piano music Jaume Mas i Porcel was born in Palma in 1909. After initiating his studies in Mallorca and continuing in Madrid, he received a scholarship to study in Paris, where he studied piano with Alfred Cortot, and harpsichord with Wanda Landowska. He returned to Mallorca to teach and give recitals. He was an accomplished pianist and pioneered the teaching of harpsichord in Spain. Jaume Mas i Porcel nasqué a Palma el 5 de setembre de 1909. Inicià els estudis musicals amb els mestres Joan Capó i Miquel Negre. Obtingué per oposició una beca i es traslladà a Madrid per estudiar amb J. Tragó, aconseguint el Primer Premi Fí de Carrera del Reial Conservatori de Madrid. La Diputació Provincial de Balears li concedeix un ajut per estudiar a l'estranger. És matriculà a l'École Normale de París, on treballà amb M. Juliard de Guéraldi i amb el gran pianista Alfred Cortot, qui completà la seva formació pianística. Simultàniament estudià clavicèmbal amb Wanda Landowska a Saint Leu-la-Fôret. L'any 1930, tornà a Mallorca, i commençà una etapa d'intensa activitat concertística i pedagògica . Com a intèrpret, Mas Porcel ha estat un excel.lent pianista i un peoner del clavicèmbal a Espanya. La seva activitat concertística, s'ha desenvolupat per quasi tota la geografia espanyola i a països com a França, Suïssa, Àustria, i Itàlia. A més, hem de destacar la seva presència i influència a la vida musical mallorquina. Fou el màxim col.laborador de l'extraordiària Capella Clàssica de Mallorca, i tal vegada, l'artista que més conegué i admirà a Joan Mª Thomàs. Té enregistraments discogràfics per a piano, orgue i clavecí, a la Voz de su Amo, Polidor, i EMI. Imparteix igualment nombrosos cursos internacionals de piano. Fou amic de Manuel de Falla, del qual rebé indicacions per a la interpretació de les obres pianístiques del gran compositor. El 1961 obté la Càtedra de Piano a l'Institut Musical Oscar Esplà, d'Alacant. El mestre Esplà, director fins a la seva mort de l'esmentat conservatori, designà Mas Porcel com a ajudant seu i director adjunt, càrrec que desenvolupà prop de vint anys. Més tard, l'any 1970, aconsegueix la creació d'una Càtedra de Clavecí, la primer d'Espanya, pel dit conservatori, i fou també titular de la Càtedra d'Acústica. Un dels aspectes inèdits de la personalitat de Mas Porcel és la seva dedicació a la matemàtica i a la físicoacústica, no com a simple aficionat, sinó com a autèntic professor i científic. És autor de La Regla de Cálculo, i fou premiat a Ginebra pel seu treball sobre programes d'ordinadors titulat Acústica y Sonido. El 1983, el Ministeri d'Educació i Ciència, en reconeixement a la seva labor artística y pedagògica li concedeix la Creu de l'Ordre d'Alfons X el Savi. Morí l'any 1993 a Alacant. La seva obra completa per a piano es publicarà el setembre de 1998, editat per M. Estelrich. Miguel Capllonch 3 Movements for String Quartet Songs Antonio Torrandell Pieces for Violin and Piano Piano Trio Cello Sonata Works for Soprano and Piano Trio Unusual pieces for cello Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897)
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