Joaquín Zamacois y Soler (14 December 1894 in
Santiago de Chile – 8 September 1976 in
Barcelona) was a Chilean-Spanish composer, music teacher and author. He comes from a well-known family of Spanish artists.
Biography
Joaquín Zamacois y Soler was born on 14 December 1894 in Santiago de Chile, but, being of Spanish parents, moved to Barcelona with his family. His uncle
Niceto de Zamacois
Juan Niceto de Zamacois y Urrutia (20 March 1820 in Bilbao – 29 September 1885 in Mexico City) was a Spanish journalist, playwright, poet, novelist and historian resident in Mexico. He was half-brother of the painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, ...
was a writer, his aunt
Elisa Zamacois
Elisa Pedra Zamacois y Zabala (29 April 1838 in Bilbao – November 1915 in Buenos Aires) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was half-sister of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, and sister of the painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, and the acto ...
a singer, his uncle
Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala
Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (2 July 1841 – 12 January 1871) was a Spanish Academic painter who specialized in small-scale canvases. He was the father of the French writer Miguel Zamacoïs, brother of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, the singer El ...
a painter, his uncle
Ricardo Zamacois an actor, and his cousins
Miguel Zamacoïs
Miguel Zamacoïs (8 September 1866 in Louveciennes – 22 March 1955 in Paris) was a French writer, novelist, poet and journalist. He was the son of the Spanish painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, nephew of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, the singe ...
and
Eduardo Zamacois were writers.
He began his musical career under the tutelage of his father, the also music composer
Joaquín Zamacois y Zabala (alias J. Casamoz), studying later at
Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and at Escuela Municipal de Música of the same city. Then, he dedicated himself to composition. In 1914, he was named Professor at Liceu, and in 1940 at Escuela Municipal de Música, where he was the director in 1945, transforming it into a Conservatory. Zamacois is also known for his
harmony
In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...
treatise and various pedagogical texts, used in Spain and Latinamerican countries.
Works of musical theory, history and critique
* ''Curso de formas musicales con numerosos ejemplos musicales'' Barcelona: Labor, 1960 (6a. ed. 1985. From 2002: Barcelona: Idea Books) (Edició Americana: Cooper City, FL EUA: Span Press, 1997)
* ''De la Escuela municipal de música del año 1886 al Conservatorio superior municipal de música del 1963'' Barcelona: Ayuntamiento, 1963
* ''Ejercicios correspondientes al "Tratado de Armonía" I-II-III'' Barcelona: Boileau, 1958 (Ed. 2003)
* ''Ejercicios de contrapunto I'' Barcelona: Boileau, 1977
* ''Guión de historia de la música'' Alcalá: Quiroga, 1975 (Barcelona: Tenora, 1990)
* Joan B. Lanbert, Frederic Alfonso, Joaquim Zamacois ''LAZ. Método graduado de solfeo'' (5 volums) Barcelona: Boileau, cop. 1941
* Joaquim Zamacois, , ''Llenguatge musical: nivell elemental, lliçons cantades'' (4 courses in 4 volumes) Barcelona: Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, 1999
* Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra ''Llenguatge musical: nivell mitjà, lliçons cantades'' (4 courses in 4 volumes) Barcelona: Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, 1999
* ''Método de bandurria'' Santiago de Chile, 1894
* ''Programa-guió de l'assignatura Formes Musicals'' Barcelona: Conservatori del Liceu, 1938
* ''Realización de los ejercicios correspondientes al "Tratado de armonía"'' (3 volums) Barcelona: Boileau, cop. 1958
* Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra ''Solfeo'' (6 courses) Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo
** ''Primer curso'' 52a. edition, 1984
** ''Segundo curso''
** ''Tercer curso''
** ''Cuarto curso''
** ''Quinto curso'' 17a. edition 1989
** ''Sexto curso''
* ''Temas de estética y de historia de la música'' Barcelona: Labor 1975 (4a. edition 1990) (Barcelona: Idea Books, 2003)
* ''Temas de pedagogía musical'' Madrid: Quiroga 1973 (4a. edition 1981)
* Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra ''Teoría: cuarto curso'' Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo
* ''Teoría de la música'' (2 volums) Barcelona: Labor, 1949 (25a. edition 1994) (Barcelona: Idea Books, 2002)
* Joaquim Zamacois, Avelino Abreu, Pere Serra ''Teoría perteneciente a la asignatura de solfeo'' Barcelona: Boileau
** ''Primer curso''
** ''Segundo curso''
** ''Tercer curso'' 6a. edition. Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo, 1950
** ''Cuarto curso''
** ''Quinto curso'' 13. edition. Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo, 1989
** ''Sexto curso'' 12. edition. Barcelona: Conservatorio del Liceo, 1989
* ''Tratado de armonía'' (3 volumes) Barcelona: Labor, 1945–1948 (14a. ed. 1994) (Barcelona: Idea Books, 2002) (Edició Americana: Cooper City, FL EUA: Span Press, 1997)
Compositions
Instrumental and orchestral works
* ''Elegia''
* ''Himne ibèric'', symphonic poem
* ''La polvera'', for tenor
* String Quartet in D minor (1922)
* ''Scherzo humorístic''
* ''La sega'' (1928), symphonic painting
* ''Serenada d'hivern'' for viola and piano (1970)
* Sonata for violin and piano (1918)
* ''Els ulls verds'' (1920), symphonic poem
* Transcription of the ''six sonnets'' by
Eduard Toldrà
Eduard Toldrà Soler (; Vilanova i la Geltrú 7 April 1895 – Barcelona, 31 May 1962) was a Spanish Catalan composer and conductor.
Toldrà played an important role in the Culture of Barcelona. In 1944 he founded the Barcelona Symphony Orchestr ...
, originally written for piano and violin, to be performed by piano and flute.
Zarzuelas
() is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of ...
* 1925. ''Margaritiña'' "Zarzuela en dos actos (el primero dividido en dos cuadros)", with lyrics by Marià Golobardas de la Torre. Premiered at the in Barcelona, on Wednesday, November 25, 1925.
* 1928. ''El aguilón'' "Zarzuela en dos actos". Libretto by and Pedro Puche. Premiered at the
Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao in December 1928 and at the in Barcelona on Friday, March 9, 1929.
* 1931. ''El caballero del mar''. "Zarzuela en 2 actos en prosa y verso". Libretto by Adame Martínez and Torrado Estrada. Premiered at the in Barcelona on Friday, December 11, 1931.
Songs in Catalan
* ''A Montserrat'', song with lyrics by E. Morant
* ''Amor distret'', for voice and orchestra
* ''L'autobús'' (1919), couplet signed by ''I. Casamoz'', with lyrics by ''Juan Misterio'' ()
* ''La balladora'', song with lyrics by ''Juan Misterio''
* ''La boletaire'' (1919), couplet with lyrics by Marià Golobardas
* ''Campanar nevat'', song with lyrics by
* ''Cant de joia'', for choir
* ''Corpus'', song with lyrics by
Joan Maragall
Joan Maragall i Gorina (; 10 October 1860 in Barcelona – 20 December 1911) was a Spanish poet, journalist and translator, the foremost member of the ''modernisme'' movement in literature. His manuscripts are preserved in the Joan Maragall ...
* ''Cuca de llum'' (ca 1928), song with lyrics by Joan Maria Guasch
* ''Dorm, Jesús de Natzaret'' (1965), for choir
* ''Enviant flors'', for voice and orchestra
* ''L'escolanet'' (1919), couplet with lyrics by
Vicenç Andrés
* ''Les garbes dormen al camp'', song with lyrics by
Josep Maria de Sagarra
Josep Maria de Sagarra i de Castellarnau (Barcelona, 5 March 1894 – 27 September 1961) was a Catalan-language writer from Barcelona, Catalonia.
Biography
Born in Barcelona in 1894, in the breast of a family of the Catalan nobility being son ...
* ''Ha nascut el Redemptor'' (1965), for choir
* ''I és el tramvia!'' (1921), song signed ''I. Casamoz'', with lyrics by ''Juan Misterio''
* ''El mariner'', song with lyrics by
Clementina Arderiu
Clementina Arderiu (1889 in Barcelona – 1976) was a Spanish poet who wrote in the Catalan language.
Influences on her work included the Catalan language writer Josep Carner, and her husband, the poet Carles Riba.
Her poems tend to idealize d ...
* ''Nena'' (1919), couplet with music by ''I. Casamoz'', lyrics by Pedro Puche
* ''Non, non, nonetes'', song with lyrics by Joan Casas i Vila
* ''Oi que si'' (1919), fox-trot by I. Casamoz'' and lyrics by Joaquim Montero and ''J.Misterio''
* ''Per Sant Joan'', for choir
* ''Serenata d'hivern'', song with lyrics by
Josep Carner
* ''La solfejadora: si, la, sol, fa, mi, re, do'' (1919), song by ''I. Casamoz'' and lyrics by Joaquim Montero and Josep Aznar
* ''El torrent'' (ca 1926), song with lyrics by
* ''Els Tres Tombs de Sant Anton'', lyrics by ''Juan Misterio''
* ''El vailet'' (1926), lyrics by Joan Maria Guasch
* ''Ve i va'' (ca 1930), song with lyrics by Josep Carner
Songs in Spanish
* With lyrics by M. Bachonta: ''El burlado burlador'' (1918),''Caireles'', ''El coronel'' (1918), ''El ruiseñor'',
jota
Jota may refer to:
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* Iota (Ι, ι), the name of the 9th letter in the Greek alphabet;
* (figuratively) ''Something very small'', based on the fact that the letter Iota (lat. i) is the smallest character in the alphabet;
* The name of the ...
* With lyrics by Marià Golobardas de la Torre: ''Como la flor'' (ca. 1920), ''Dale al abanico'' (1919), fox-trot also with lyrics by Josep Aznar, ''Juguetes de amor'' (1919), fox-trot, ''¿Soltera – Casada?'' (1919), ''Soltera, no'' (1919),
* With lyrics by Antonio Graciani: ''La galbana: canción antillana'' (ca. 1920), ''La misión de España'' (1919)
* With lyrics by ''Juan Misterio'': ''Ay mamá'' (1918), ''El loco Shimmy'' (1921), ''El minero'' (ca 1925), ''La Miss de London'' (ca. 1925)
* With lyrics by Pedro Puche: ''Rey y señor'' (ca. 1932), ''Tu besar'' (1919), couplet, ''¿Volverá?'' (1919), couplet
* ''La chilenita'',
habanera
* ''Con trompetas y tambores'' (1963),
Christmas carol for mixed choir
* ''Cuando se quiere de veras'' (ca 1922), couplet by ''I. Casamoz''
* ''Djalma: rag-time, oriental fashion'' (1920), lyrics by ''Casamoz'' and
* ''En la noche tranquila'' (1963), Christmas carol for mixed choir
* ''Esencia chula'', couplet
* ''La inmensa jota'' (1917)
* ''¡Pobre Dolores!'' (1919), song with lyrics by Joaquim Montero
* ''Rosa de nieve'', song with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos
* ''La tiple ligera'' (1932), music and lyrics by Zamacois
* ''Tu boca'' (ca 1931), song with lyrics by "J. Casamoz"
* ''El vals del jerez'' (1913), song with lyrics by Jerónimo Gaid
* ''Vergonzosa'' (ca 1925), couplet with lyrics by Pousinet
Piano pieces
* ''Aguafuertes'' (1939), five-piece suite (''Pórtico'', ''Becqueriana'', ''Sardana'', ''Ante una invocación pagana'', ''Capricho'')
* ''Elena'' (1913), masurca dedicated to his mother
* ''Souvenir de jeunesse'', by "J. Casamoz"
Sardanes
* ''L'amic Manel'' (1934)
* ''Cant de joia'' (1975)
* ''Cap d'any'' (1929)
* ''El conte de l'avi'' (1946)
* ''Diana'' (1970)
* ''Figaronenca'' (1929)
* ''Irene'' (1975)
* ''Margaridó'' (1975)
* ''Montigalà'' (1975)
* ''Raimon'' (1970)
* ''Ricard'' (1970)
References
* Diccionario Biográfico de los Grandes Compositores de la Música.
Marc Honegger
Marc Honegger (17 May 1926 – 8 September 2003) was a French musicologist and choirmaster.
Biography
A distant cousin of the Swiss-born composer Arthur Honegger, he studied at the Sorbonne, where he was a pupil of Paul-Marie Masson. He receive ...
. ESPASA CALPE. Madrid 1994.
List of sardanes by Joaquim Zamacois(in Catalan)
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1894 births
1976 deaths
Chilean composers
Chilean male composers
Spanish male composers
Spanish composers
20th-century composers
Musicians from Barcelona
20th-century Spanish musicians
People from Santiago
20th-century Spanish male musicians
Spanish people of Basque descent
Catalan-language writers
Composers from Catalonia
Chilean emigrants to Spain