Xavier Montsalvatge

Xavier Montsalvatge

Xavier Montsalvatge (March 11, 1912, GironaMay 7, 2002, Barcelona) was a Spanish composer and music critic. He was one of the most influential figures in Spanish music during the latter half of the 20th century.

Biography

Life

Montsalvatge studied violin and composition at the Barcelona Conservatory. His principal teachers were Lluís Maria Millet, Enrique Morera, Jaume Pahissa, and Eduard Toldrá. After the Spanish Civil War, Montsalvatge began work as a music critic when he joined the newspaper "Destino" in 1942, a publication he would eventually direct in 1968 and 1975. He wrote additionally for the daily "La Vanguardia" after 1962. Montsalvatge also returned to teach at his alma mater, becoming a lecturer in 1970, and then a professor of composition in 1978.

Work

Montsalvatge's style evolved over several different phases. At the start of his career, he was strongly influenced by the twelve-tone technique and by Wagnerism, which together dominated the Catalan music scene during the period represented by his "Sinfonía mediterránea" of 1949. In the following period, he found inspiration in the music of the Antilles ("Cinco canciones negras", 1945; "Cuarteto indiano", 1952). His steady contact with the French composers Olivier Messiaen and Georges Auric led to a crucial change in his style, which soon became characterized by free polytonality ("Partida", 1958). The final phase of Montsalvatge's work revealed the influence of the avant-garde.

Montsalvatge explored virtually all musical forms in his composition. His work ranges in scale from operas ("El gato con botas", "Una voz en off") to chamber music ("Cuarteto indiano"), in between which lie his orchestral works, such as the "Desintegración morfológica de la Chacona de Bach", the "Laberinto o Sinfonía de réquiem", and the prizewinning "Sinfonía mediterránea". He owed his international fame chiefly to one charming and outstanding work: the "Cinco canciones negras" for soprano and orchestra, a blend of Antillean rhythms and themes; among them, the most well-known is the "Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito" (Lullaby to sleep a black child). He also wrote film music and in 1987, his score for the picture "Dragón Rapide" was nominated the best original music for the Goya Awards.

Important Works

*"Cinco canciones negras" (1945) (Five blackmen songs)
*"Canciones Para Niños" (1953) (Songs for Children)
*"Sonatine pour Ivette" (1962)
*"Babel" (1967)
*"Homenaje a Manolo Hugué" (1971)
*"Serenata a Lydia de Cadaqués" (1971)
*"Reflexions-obertura" (1975)
*"Concert capriccio" (1975) for harp and orchestra
*"Fantasía" (1985) for harp and guitar
*"Babel 46" (opera, 2002 premiere)

References

External links

* [http://www.montsalvatge.com/ Commemorative website (in Spanish, Catalan, and English)]


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