Enrique Morera
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Enric Morera i Viura (22 May 1865 – 12 March 1942), was a Spanish
Catalan
musician
and composer
.
Morera was born in Barcelona but moved with his father, a musician, to Buenos Aires
, Argentina
in 1867, studying organ, trumpet, and violin there. He returned in 1883 to Barcelona, studying with Isaac Albeniz
and Felipe Pedrell
. Later he lived for two years in Brussels
before returning to Argentina. He finally returned to Barcelona in 1890 where he was prominent in the movement Catalan Musical Modernism, with for example the opera La Fada (The Fairy) in 1897. He founded the choir "Catalunya Nova". He wrote books on musical theory such as a "Practical Treatise on Harmony".
Among his students were Vicente Asencio
, Manuel Infante
, Xavier Montsalvatge
and Carlos Surinach
.
His music is generally strongly nationalist in character, and much forms part of the repertory of Catalan national compositions. He wrote more than 800 compositions. Included are songs, a Requiem Mass, lyric works, symphonic works, operas, symphonic poems, and sardana
s for cobla
.
Although he spent some time in Argentina and Belgium, Morera spent most of his life in Barcelona, and died there in 1942.
Spain
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Catalan
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Morera was born in Barcelona but moved with his father, a musician, to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in 1867, studying organ, trumpet, and violin there. He returned in 1883 to Barcelona, studying with Isaac Albeniz
Isaac Albéniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish Catalan pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms .-Life:Born in Camprodon, province of Girona, to Ángel Albéniz and his wife Dolors Pascual, Albéniz...
and Felipe Pedrell
Felipe Pedrell
Felip Pedrell , was a Spanish Catalan composer. He worked as a musicologist and early music specialist and edited Victoria’s opera omnia and the requiem of Joan Brudieu. This and other of his writings fostered a keen interest in the early music of Spain...
. Later he lived for two years in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
before returning to Argentina. He finally returned to Barcelona in 1890 where he was prominent in the movement Catalan Musical Modernism, with for example the opera La Fada (The Fairy) in 1897. He founded the choir "Catalunya Nova". He wrote books on musical theory such as a "Practical Treatise on Harmony".
Among his students were Vicente Asencio
Vicente Asencio
Vicente Asencio y Ruano was a Spanish composer. He is perhaps best known for his works for guitar of which guitarists Andrés Segovia and Narciso Yepes were notable exponents. His most well known works for this instrument are Elegía a Manuel de Falla , Sonatina , Colletici Íntim , and Dipso...
, Manuel Infante
Manuel Infante
Manuel Infante was a Spanish composer long resident in France.A native of Osuna, Infante studied piano and composition with Enrique Morera, and settled in Paris in 1909. While there, he presented numerous concerts of Spanish music; a Spanish nationalist element is predominant in his own works...
, Xavier Montsalvatge
Xavier Montsalvatge
Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols was a Spanish Catalan composer and music critic. He was one of the most influential music figures in Catalan music during the latter half of the 20th century.-Life:...
and Carlos Surinach
Carlos Surinach
Carlos Surinach was a Catalan Spanish-born composer and conductor.He was born in Barcelona, where he held conducting posts at the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona and the Gran Teatre del Liceu...
.
His music is generally strongly nationalist in character, and much forms part of the repertory of Catalan national compositions. He wrote more than 800 compositions. Included are songs, a Requiem Mass, lyric works, symphonic works, operas, symphonic poems, and sardana
Sardana
The sardana is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia, Spain. The dance was originally from the Empordà region, but started gaining popularity throughout Catalonia during the 20th century....
s for cobla
Cobla
The cobla is a traditional music ensemble of Catalonia, Spain and in Northern Catalonia in France. It is generally used to accompany the Sardana, a traditional Catalan folk dance, danced in a circle.-Structure:...
.
Although he spent some time in Argentina and Belgium, Morera spent most of his life in Barcelona, and died there in 1942.
Works
Representative works include- Dansa del gnoms, 1893
- Introducció a l'Atlántida, symphonic poem, 1893
- Minuet per a quartet de corda, 1889
- Jesús de Nazareth, 1894
- La Fada, Opera, 1897
- L'alegria que passa, 1898
- Missa de rèquiem, 1899
- La nit de l'amor, 1901
- El comte Arnau, 1905
- Bruniselda, 1906
- Empòrium, Opera, 1906
- Don Joan de Serrallonga,1907
- La Santa Espina, patriotic song and sardana, 1907
- Cançons populars catalanes harmonitzades, 1910
- Titaina, Opera, 1912
- Tassarba, Opera, 1916
- Concert per a violoncel i orquestra, 1917
- El poema de la Nit i el Dia i de la Terra i de l'Amor, symphonic poem, 1920
- Cançons de career, 1926
- La Marieta de l'ullviu, 1926
- La cançó dels Catalans, 1930
- El castell dels tres dragons, 1931
- Dotze cançons del Llibre de la Pàtria, 1936
See also
- Conservatori Superior de Música del LiceuConservatori Superior de Música del LiceuConservatori Superior de Música del Liceu is a music college in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1837 with the name Liceo Filo-dramático de Montesión....
- Escola Municipal de Música
- SardanaSardanaThe sardana is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia, Spain. The dance was originally from the Empordà region, but started gaining popularity throughout Catalonia during the 20th century....