The Romantic Generation
by Charles Rosen
Period: Romantic
Born: Tuesday, May 29, 1860 in Camprodén,
Spain
Died: Tuesday, May 18, 1909 in Cambô-les-Bains in
the Pyrénées
Nation of Origin: Spain
Major Works:
He mostly composed piano music. He is known for a set of 12 piano
works called Iberia (1906-09).
Other Information:
As a child he studied in Paris with Marmontel who earlier taught
Bizet and Debussy. He worked in popular music in the southern
United States for a short time before returning to Spain. He then
studied at the Leipzig conservatory with Reinecke, studied with
Brassin at the Brussells Conservatory, before settling in Barcelona
in 1883. He also studied later in Paris with Paul Dukas and Vincent
d'Indy. In 1893 he moved to Paris to teach piano. Then he lived in
Barcelona from 1900 to 1902 and Nice in 1903 before a final move to
Cambo-les-Bains in the Pyrénées where he died. He was
an exceptional pianist and composer of piano works inspired by
Spanish folk songs and stories.
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton
(Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive
Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN:
0393098680
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton
& Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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