Rafael Aceves y Lozano

Rafael Aceves y Lozano (20 March 1837-21 February 1876) was a Spanish composer. He studied at the Madrid Conservatory, earning a gold medal in 1863. He was especially known for his sacred music compostions of which his "Stabat Mater" is the best known.

Together with a colleague composer, Llanos, he composed the opera "Puñal El of misericordia" in 1869, with which he was again recognized with a medal. He went on to compose a number of zarzuela, including "La bola negra", "Sensitiva" (1870), a collaborative composition, "El trono de Escocia", with Manuel Fernández Caballero, and "El Testamento Azul" with Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. He also wrote the opera "El manco de Lepanto - Episodio histórico en un acto y en verso" (1867) in homage to Cervantes which tells the story of the writer's captivity and release in Argel. He also composed a parody of Cristóbal Oudrid's "El molinero of Subiza" entitled "El carbonero of Subiza".

References

*"Nova Enciclopédia Portuguesa", Ed. Publicações Ediclube, 1996.
*"Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana", de Emilio Casares Rodicio, Ed. Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, Madrid, 1999.