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MONTSALVATGE, XAVIER. Cinco Invocaciones al Crucificado : Version Para Conto y Piano [Score].
Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc. 1972..Paperback. Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols was born on March 11, 1911 (some sources say 1912), in Gerona, Spain; died on May 7, 2002, in Barcelona, Spain; married Elena Pérez Fernández, 1947; children: Xavier, Yvette. Education: Studied at Conservatorio Superior Municipal, Barcelona, late 1920s-early 1930s. Memberships: Reial Academia Catalán a de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi; Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid); Hispanic Society of America. Before his death in May of 2002, Xavier Montsalvatge was among Spain's most eminent composers of the twentieth century. His works for orchestra, string, piano, and voice, as well as some 20 ballets, often drew upon his native Catalán mus ical traditions or borrowed from the West Indies. "Many of his works included an almost folkloric lyricism with melodies that suggested the simplicity of folk songs even if they were not actually based on them," noted New York Times obituary writer Allan Kozinn. Paul Horner, writing about Montsalvatge for Contemporary Composers, also commended his body of work: "His style is deft and witty, exquisitely polished and usually of good taste." , CLEAN in music. Light wear on cover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued.
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