Xavier Montsalvatge
Born in Girona in 1912, Xavier Montsalvatge began his musical training at an early age in Barcelona under masters such as Morera, Millet, Toldrà, Costa and Pahissa. At the time, Barcelona was alive with musical activity and he was able to hear the works o Falla, Stravinsky and Schonberg played by the composers themselves and by musicians of the stature of Rubinstein, Landowska and Casals as well as Diaghilev’s Russian ballets. Before long, he found that musical composition attracted him, and he wrote his first piece, Tres Impromptus, which won the Patxot Foundation’s Rabell prize. Since then, he has composed over one hundred works covering the whole range of musical genres from symphony to opera and from ballet to cinema, which the most prestigious musician of the day have been happy to include in their repertoire.
Alongside his artistic work, he has been employed as music critic by such prestigious publications as Destino magazine and La Vanguardia newspaper and has been professor of compositions at Barcelona’s Superior Conservatory. His work as an artist has earned him various honors including an Honorary Doctorate from the Barcelona University, the Sant Jordi Cross and the Premi d’Honor de la Música Catalana. Furthermore, he is a member of the Reial Academia de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and has recently been accepted as a permanent member of Madrid’s Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
Opera
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1948 | El gato con botas | Peer |
1961 | Una voce in Off | Tritó |
1967 | Babel 46 | Tritó |
Symphony Orchestra
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1948 | Simfonia Mediterrània | Tritó |
1957 | Partita | UME |
1962 | Desintegració morfològica de la Xacona de Bach | UME |
1971 | Laberint | UME |
1973 | Reflexus-Obertura | UME |
1984 | Fanfarria para la alegría de la Paz | UME |
1985 | Simfonia de Rèquiem | UME |
1991 | Quatre variacions sobre un tema de la Flauta Màgica | Tritó |
1992 | Sortilegis | Tritó |
1993 | Bric-à-Brac | Tritó |
1996 | Euro Fanfarría | Tritó |
Orchestra with soloists
Year | Title | Editor | Solista |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | Aurèola per Ramon Amadeu | UME | Or |
1954 | Poema Concertante | Peer | Vn |
1953 | Concerto Breve | Peer | Pn |
1972 | Serenata a Lydia de Cadaqués | UME | Fl |
1975 | Concerto-Capriccio | UME | Ar |
1977 | Concierto del Albayzin | Tritó | Cv |
1980 | Metamorfosi de Concerto | UME | Gu |
1995 | Folia Daliana | Tritó | Ob Cl Fl Bs |
Orchestra and voice
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1945 | Cinco Canciones Negras | Peer |
1966 | Viatge a la Lluna | Tritó |
1970 | Hommage à Manolo Hugué | Tritó |
1992 | Madrigal | Tritó |
2000 | Alegoría a Granados | Tritó |
1958 | Cant Espiritual | Orfeó Català |
Band
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1984 | Música per un Diumenge | UME |
Cobla
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1946 | Madrigal en forma de sardana | Tomasi |
1946 | Elegia a Juli Garreta | Tomasi |
Piano
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1933 | Tres impromptus | – |
1940 | Tres Divertimentos | Peer |
1942 | Ritmos | Tritó |
1945 | Elegia a Ravel | RM |
1950 | Divagación | Boileau |
1960 | Sonatina Pour Yvette | Salabert |
1966 | Sketch | Peer |
1982 | Alegoría a Turina | UME |
1983 | Sí a Mompou | UME |
1987 | Una Página para Rubinstein | UME |
1987 | Berceuse a Oscar Esplá | UME |
1990 | L’arca de Noè | RM |
1993 | Schubertiana | Boileau |
1997 | Cinc Ocells en Llibertat | Boileau |
1998 | Impromptu | Tritó |
1998 | Milonga | Tritó |
1998 | Siciliana | Tritó |
1999 | Alborada en Aurinx | Concurso de Jaén |
Solo instruments
Year | Title | Editor | Solista |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | Aurèola per Ramon Amadeu | UME | Or |
1989 | Variacions | RM | Ar |
1991 | Microcollage Mozartià | RM | Cl |
2000 | Tres Fados | RM | Gu |
Voice and piano
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1945 | Cinco canciones negras | Peer |
1946 | Nana | Peer |
1948 | Cançó amorosa | UME |
1953 | Canciones para Niños | UME |
1956 | D’oració de temps | UME |
1951 | Meus Irmans | Tritó |
1956 | Deshecha de la Romanca que cantaron los seraphines | UME |
1956 | Oraçao | UME |
1976 | Vocaliso | UME |
1970 | Paisatge del Montseny | UME |
1973 | Soneto a Manuel de Falla | UME |
1973 | Soneto a Manuel de Falla | UME |
1985 | Quatre rimes Breus | Clivis |
1988 | Pastor hacía el puerto | Boileau |
1988 | Sé un poble lluny de Provença | – |
1998 | No t’abandonaré | Tritó |
1998 | Alhelí | Tritó |
2000 | Danse | Tritó |
Mixed chorus
Year | Title | Editor |
---|---|---|
1945 | Chévere | Peer |
1945 | Canto Negro | Peer |
1969 | Allá en mi Cuba | UME |
1991 | Pianto de la Madonna | – |
1993 | Canción de cuna | – |
Chamber (duos)
Year | Title | Editor | Instruments |
---|---|---|---|
1943 | Sketch | Peer | Vn Pn |
1946 | Variaciones sobre Farnaby | Peer | Vn Pn |
1946 | Evocación | RM | Vc Pn |
1957 | Lullaby | Peer | Vn Pn |
1967 | Self-Paràfrasi | UME | Cl Pn |
1970 | Serenata a Lydia de Cadaques | UME | Fl Pn |
1971 | Sonata Concertant | UME | Vc Pn |
1975 | Paràfrasi concertant | UME | Vn Pn |
1976 | Microrapsòdia | Tritó | Vc Pn |
1979 | Fantasia sobre un coral | – | Tr Or |
1983 | Fantasía para guitarra y arpa | UME | Gu Ar |
1990 | Calidoscopio | RM | 2Pn |
1994 | Policromías | Boileau | Vn Pn |
1997 | Duettino | Tritó | 2Vn |
1999 | Pregaria a Santiago | – | Va Pn |
1957 | Barcelona Blues | Tomasi | 2Pn |
1994 | Arca de Noé | RM | Fl Gu |
1999 | Invención a la italiana | Tritó | Vc Pn |
Chamber (trios, cuartets, etc)
Year | Title | Editor | Instrumentos |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Quadrivi per tres Stradivarius | RM | Vn Va Vc |
1988 | Trio | RM | Vn Vc Pn |
1999 | Efimer requiem a la tonalitad | Tritó | Vn Va Vc |
1991 | Madrigal | Tritó | Voice Vc Pn |
1951 | Cuarteto Indiano | Peer | Va Vc 2Vn |
1979 | Questions and Answers | Novello | Metals |
1969 | Cinc invocacions al crucificat | Peer | Voice + 12 |
1973 | Sum vermis | UME | Voice Pc 2Pn |
1950 | Recondita armonia | Boileau | Vn Vc Va Pn |
String orchestra
Year | Title | Editor | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
1960 | Tres danses concertants | Peer | |
1991 | Tres postals il·luminades | Catalana d’edicions | |
1991 | El Misteri Cuixart | Catalana d’edicions | |
1975 | Concertino 1 + 13 | UME | |
1961 | Paisatge del Montseny | UME | |
1991 | Tema variat de Farnaby | – | Gu St |
1999 | Recondita armonia | Boileau |
Abreviaciones usadas:
Ar = Arpa
Bs = Fagot
Cl = Clarinete
Cv = Clavecín
Fl = Flauta
Gu = Guitarra
Pc = Percusión
Pn = Piano
Ob = Oboe
Or = Órgano
St = Cuerdas
Tr = Trompeta
Va = Viola
Vc = Violoncelo
Vn = Violín
Cuarteto indiano
Xavier Montsalvatge
Interpreters: Ala Voronkova, Mac McClure, Josephine Fitzpatrick, Manuel Martínez del Fresno y el Cuarteto Tàlia.
Piano integral
Xavier Montsalvatge
Interpreters: Mac McClure, Marta Zabaleta, Carlota Garriga, Raimon Garriga, Dagmar Muñiz, Alfredo Armero, Katia Mitchell y Emili Brugalla.
Integral de piano i violí & piano i violoncel
Xavier Montsalvatge
Interpreters: Suzana Stefanovic, Mac McClure, y Ala Voronkova.
Barcelona Blues
Xavier Montsalvatge
Interpreters: Magdalena Barrera, Raimon Garriga, Mac McClure, Jaume Torrent y Ala Voronkova.