- Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina (
December 9 ,1882 Seville –January 14 ,1949 Madrid ) was a Spanishcomposer of classical music.He was born in
Seville and studied there and inMadrid . He lived inParis from 1905 to 1914 where he took composition lessons fromVincent d'Indy at his Schola Cantorum, and studied the piano underMoritz Moszkowski . Like his fellow countryman and friendManuel de Falla , he also got to know the impressionist composersMaurice Ravel andClaude Debussy while there.With de Falla, he returned to Madrid in 1914 and worked as a composer, teacher and critic. From 1931 he was professor of composition at the Royal Conservatory there.
His works include the
opera s "Margot" (1914) and "Jardín de Oriente" (1923), the "Danzas fantásticas" (1920, versions for orchestra and piano), "La oración del torero" (written first for alute quartet, thenstring quartet , then string orchestra),chamber music ,piano works,guitar pieces andsong s. Much of his work shows the influence of traditionalAndalusia n music.External links
* [http://www.joaquinturina.com/ Official site Joaquín Turina]
* [http://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=37/ Better Biography]
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