Joaquín Rodrigo

Author : Walter Aaron Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000392340

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Joaquín Rodrigo by Walter Aaron Clark Pdf

Joaquín Rodrigo: A Research and Information Guide catalogues and summarizes the musical works and related literature of Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–99), perhaps the most important Spanish composer of concert music in the second half of the twentieth century. The guide provides annotated bibliographic entries for both primary and secondary sources, detailing several guitar concertos, concertos for flute, violin, harp, cello, and piano, as well as symphonic pieces, piano solos, chamber music, and choral and stage works. Rodrigo’s reputation rests on the Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra and its expressive middle movement, which inspired jazz arrangements by Miles Davis and Chick Corea in the 1960s and continues to appear in film scores even eighty years after its composition. A major reference tool for all those interested in the prolific Rodrigo and his music—featuring a chronology of the composer’s life and robust indices that enable researchers to easily locate sources by author, composition, or subject—Joaquín Rodrigo: A Research and Information Guide is a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.

Author : Raymond Calcraft,Elizabeth Matthews
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000479317

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Joaquín Rodrigo by Raymond Calcraft,Elizabeth Matthews Pdf

Joaquín Rodrigo, Spain's leading composer of the second half of the twentieth century, was also a writer of considerable distinction. In addition to his 170 compositions in almost every musical form, including the world-famous Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, he published articles and critical reviews throughout his working life. This volume makes available Rodrigo's writings to English-speaking readers throughout the world. The generous selection reveals an outstanding critical mind, equally illuminating on the main developments in the history of classical music and its most important composers, from Bach and Mozart to Verdi and Puccini, as well as Rodrigo's contemporaries. Rodrigo’s writings also cover many aspects of the culture and music of Spain and the country's major composers, as well as being an invaluable guide to an understanding and appreciation of Rodrigo's own works. The composer's style of writing is extremely varied, by turns incisive, eloquent, poetic, or delightfully humorous. Given the worldwide fame and popularity of his music, the availability in English of a large number of the composer's many articles and critical reviews will be of the greatest interest to musicians, scholars, music critics, and music-lovers alike.

Author : Javier Suárez-Pajares,Walter Aaron Clark
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781324004462

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A Light in the Darkness: The Music and Life of Joaquín Rodrigo by Javier Suárez-Pajares,Walter Aaron Clark Pdf

A composer of singular vision. Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999) is best known as the composer of one of the most popular works of music in the twentieth century—the Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra. It’s been featured in movies and television commercials and remains a staple of concert programs for orchestras around the world. Miles Davis said, “After listening to it for a couple of weeks…I couldn’t get it out of my mind,” and he used it as inspiration for his album Sketches of Spain. But as Javier Suárez-Pajares and Walter Aaron Clark reveal in this musical biography—the first complete study in English—Rodrigo’s work and influence extend far beyond that singular composition. A Light in the Darkness takes us through Rodrigo’s childhood in Valencia, the onset of blindness at the age of three, and the beginnings of his musical education. He achieved some early success in Spain as a composer before moving to Paris in 1927 to advance his studies, following in the footsteps of other eminent Spanish composers like Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, and Manuel de Falla. There he enrolled in courses with composer Paul Dukas, met the woman who would become his wife, and earned the respect and friendship of Falla, who became his champion. Along the way, Rodrigo’s musical voice developed and matured as his horizons widened. Suárez-Pajares and Clark present a definitive account of the making of Rodrigo’s celebrated guitar concerto, even as they capture the breadth of Rodrigo’s compositional output, from solo works for piano and guitar through chamber music and vocal works to concertos and orchestral pieces. As they demonstrate, Rodrigo’s music is unmistakably Spanish, but with his own unique accent. Rodrigo’s life and career spanned a period of great tumult in Spain, and he had to navigate strong, shifting political and cultural currents—before, during, and after Franco. An authoritative life of one of the twentieth century’s great musical geniuses, A Light in the Darkness becomes a stunning tale of how art gets made under even the most challenging circumstances.

Author : Graham Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Composers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128380156

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Joaquín Rodrigo by Graham Wade Pdf

Author : Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015023385282

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Hand in Hand with Joaquin Rodrigo by Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo Pdf

Composer Joaquín Rodrigo's music is an homage to the rich and varied cultures of Spain. His unique creations draw from influences that range from the ancient Roman conquerors of Iberia to modern Spanish poets and writers. Since 1933 the blind composer was assisted and inspired by his talented wife, pianist Victoria Kamhi, his most important collaborator and his life's partner. This book is the story of a loving marriage and a professional struggle that led to international acclaim. After the years of exile and deprivation during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, Rodrigo's work began to gain attention and praise from the musical world. Active as critic and academic, Rodrigo has also received commissions from some of the most distinguished soloists of our era.

Author : Nelson R. Orringer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781793630490

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Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain by Nelson R. Orringer Pdf

In Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain, Nelson R. Orringer uses both literary and musical analysis to study sung poems in twentieth-century Spain. In nine chapters, each focusing on an individual sung poem, song cycle, or various poems set by the same composer, Orringer enriches and deepens interpretations of the art-songs by comparing the poet's vision to the composer's. In examining composers such as Falla, Turina, Mompou, Toldrà, Rodrigo, Montsalvatge, and Rodolfo Halffter, Orringer shows that Spanish art-song is an exceptional product of Spain’s Silver Age and reveals a new way to understand and appreciate poems set to music in twentieth-century Spain.

Author : Alberto González Lapuente
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015057530019

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Joaquín Rodrigo by Alberto González Lapuente Pdf

Author : Carol June Bradley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135381202

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Index to Poetry in Music by Carol June Bradley Pdf

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Randy Pile
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : UCSD:31822003007663

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A Performers' Guide to the Guitar Works of Joaquín Rodrigo by Randy Pile Pdf

Author : Suzanne Rhodes Draayer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810867192

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Art Song Composers of Spain by Suzanne Rhodes Draayer Pdf

Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia describes the wealth of vocal repertoire composed by 19th- and 20th-century Spanish song composers. More than 90 composers are discussed in detail with complete biographies, descriptions, and examples of the song literature, as well as comprehensive listings of stage works, books, recordings, compositions in non-vocal genres, and vocal repertoire. Opening with a thorough history of Spain and its political scene, author Suzanne Rhodes Draayer examines its relation to song composition and the impact on composers such as Fernando Sor, Sebasti_n de Iradier, Federico Garc'a Lorca, Manuel de Falla, and many others. Draayer discusses Spanish art song and its various types, its folksong influences, and the major and minor composers of each period. Beginning with Manuel Garc'a (b. 1775) and ending with Carmen Santiago de Meras (b. 1917), Draayer provides biographies of the composers, a discussion and analysis of songs available in print in the US, and a complete list of solo songs for each. Musical examples are given for 175 songs, demonstrating a variety of compositional techniques and lyrical text settings, and illustrating characteristics of orientalism (Moorish) and cante jondo (gypsy) elements, as well as influences such as the German lied and French mZlodie. The final chapter lists contemporary composers and considers the difficulties in researching music by women composers. Complete with a foreword by Nico Castel, a bibliography, and additional indexes, Art Song Composers of Spain proves the importance of the Spanish song as an essential part of vocal training and concert repertoire.

Author : Graham Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Concertos (Guitar)
ISBN : UCAL:B4324843

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Joaquín Rodrigo and the Concierto de Aranjuez by Graham Wade Pdf

This is the first book to examine in detail the essential background to Joaquín Rodrigo's famous Concierto de Aranjuez. The book includes a detailed analysis of the work which should prove invaluable to examination candidates as well as to all music lovers wishing to know more about this concerto. The book also contains much background information about Rodrigo and twentieth century Spanish musical culture as well as a comprehensive discography and select bibliography relating to the Concierto de Aranjuez. This book provides an indispensable guide to this century's most popular concerto.

Author : Tad Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : American newspapers
ISBN : LCCN:96197520

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Milledgeville, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Southern Recorder): 1845-1848 by Tad Evans Pdf

Author : Eva Moreda Rodríguez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190215866

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Music Criticism and Music Critics in Early Francoist Spain by Eva Moreda Rodríguez Pdf

In 'Music Criticism and Music Critics in Early Francoist Spain', Eva Moreda Rodríguez presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of the diverse and often divergent writings of music critics in the early years of the Franco regime. Carefully selecting contemporary writings by well-known music critics, Moreda Rodríguez contextualizes music criticism written during the Franco regime within the broader intellectual history of Spain from the nineteenth century onwards.--Publisher description.

Author : Carol Kimball
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476853529

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Song by Carol Kimball Pdf

(Book). Carol Kimball's comprehensive survey of art song literature has been the principal one-volume American source on the topic. Now back in print after an absence of several years, this newly revised edition includes biographies and discussions of the work of 150 composers of various nationalities, as well as articles on styles of various schools of composition.

Author : Pauline Fairclough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317005803

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Twentieth-Century Music and Politics by Pauline Fairclough Pdf

When considering the role music played in the major totalitarian regimes of the century it is music's usefulness as propaganda that leaps first to mind. But as a number of the chapters in this volume demonstrate, there is a complex relationship both between art music and politicised mass culture, and between entertainment and propaganda. Nationality, self/other, power and ideology are the dominant themes of this book, whilst key topics include: music in totalitarian regimes; music as propaganda; music and national identity; émigré communities and composers; music's role in shaping identities of 'self' and 'other' and music as both resistance to and instrument of oppression. Taking the contributions together it becomes clear that shared experiences such as war, dictatorship, colonialism, exile and emigration produced different, yet clearly inter-related musical consequences.