- Emilio Serrano y Ruiz
Emilio Serrano y Ruiz (
March 13 ,1850 , Vitoria –April 8 ,1939 ,Madrid ) was a Spanishpianist andcomposer .Life
Serrano spent his early youth in Madrid and received his musical training at the
Madrid Conservatory , where he studiedpiano withDámaso Zabalza , andharmony and composition withEmilio Arrieta . He himself soon began to teach and he joined the faculty after graduation. In 1894, he succeeded the late Emilio Arrieta as the Chair of Composition, which he held until 1920. Besides teaching, he was a productive composer and served in many official capacities in the musical life of the SpanishMetropole . Most notably, he gave excellent performances as a pianist inchamber music concerts at the Spanish court and also directed theTeatro Real for some time, making him one of the most prominent faces of the music scene in Madrid.Serrano was a well-rounded composer, who besides writing
opera s andzarzuela s, also left behind symphonies, chamber music, and works for piano. He stood completely within the Spanish musical tradition of his time and was a confirmed representative of the Spanish national opera.elected works
Operas
* "Mitridates"
* "Giovanni la Pazza"
* "Irene de Ortranto"
* "Gonzalo de Córdoba"
* "La maja de rumbo"Zarzuelas
* various
juvenilia
* "La Bejarana"Other
* Symphony in E flat major
* "La primera salida de Don Quijote",symphonic poem
*String quartet in D minor
* "Canciones del hogar" for voice andorchestra
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