Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón

Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907 – 1995) was a Spanish composer. She was born in Barcelona and studied piano as a child. When she married, she gave up her musical activities, but after twenty years renewed her interest. She studied piano with Gibert Camins and Carlos Pellicer, counterpoint and fugue with J.J. Poch and composition with Josep Soler. She also took classes on twentieth-century music with Carles Guinovart.^[1][2]

Works

Selected works include:

• Tiento und Praeludium for organ (1975)
• Quatre chansons sentimental, text Ch Baudelaire
• L'heure exquise, text of P. Verlaine
• Auto, text by G. Apollinaire
• Sais, text by J. Supervielle
• Per i Viola Piano.'
• Duetto for Cello and Piano
• First String Quartet (1974)
• Second String Quartet (1984)
• String Quartet
• Tocatta for nine
• Passacaglia for Wind, bass, percussion
• Variations for orchestra
• Tragic poem for orchestra, inspired by F. García Lorca
• Sinfonietta for wood and string orchestra
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
• Contrasts for Orchestra
• Two Songs for Mixed Choir "Spring", "Infant Joy." Text W. Blake (1976)
• Requiem for flute, cello, organ and choir
• Herodes und Mariamne Opera in two acts according to the text of the tragedy Friedrich Habbel (1984)
• Nocturns VI for piano
• Partita on a Theme by Alban Berg
• Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano^[3]

References

1. ^ "Maria Teresa Pelegri, Composer". http://www.periferiamusic.com/cat/autor.php?id=87. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 
2. ^ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. 
3. ^ "Maria Teresa Pelegrí". http://www.bnc.cat/fons/inventaris/smusica/pelegri/pelegri.pdf. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Pelegri I Marimon, Maria Teresa
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Date of death	1995
Place of death