Gabriel Fernández Álvez (

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, 9 July 1943 – Madrid, 2 February 2008) was a Spanish composer. He represented Spain at the I.S.M.E.'s XII Congress and the I.S.C.M.'s XII Congress.

Selected works

* String Quartet No. 1 (1973) * ''Hommage to

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...

'' (1976) * ''Dioramas'' (1976) * Concerto for 6 percussionists (1976) * ''Hommage to

Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...

'' * ''Lasciate ogni speranza'', for soprano, treble, chorus, magnetic tape and orchestra * Symphony No. 2 (1979) * ''Oda'' for viola and piano (1984) * ''Trío Mompou'' (1984) * ''Lyric Phantasy'' for violin (1985) * ''Cántico Matritense'' (1988) * ''Fantasía (desde la lejana cercanía...)'' for guitar (1990) * ''Elegiac Concerto'' for violin, cello, piano, chorus, 2 trumpets (among the audience), strings and percussion (1990) * ''Sonata poética'' for guitar (1991) * ''Gibraltar'', opera (1992) * ''Liturgia de cristal'', 12 Preludes for guitar (1993) * ''Concierto Seglar'' for saxophone and orchestra (1994) * Violin Concerto (1996) * ''La extraña flor de la melancolía'', piano sonata (1996) * ''Cuadernos para trío'' * Concerto for 2 flutes and orchestra * ''An-At'', trio * ''Getsemaní'', oratorio (2000) * ''Twelve Preludes'' for piano * '' El Profeta'', for barytone, chorus and orchestra (2006) * ''Fantasía en blanco y negro'' for piano (2006) * ''El poder de la imaginación'', for trio (2006) * Capriccio por trio and ensemble (2007)

External links

Review of his Concerto for six percussionists
in

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, 1977
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