José Gonzalo Zulaica (10 January 1886 in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Spain – 30 August 1956), better known by his

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Aita Donostia (Father Donostia or Father San Sebastian, because he was a priest born in San Sebastian, Donostia in the Basque language), was a Spanish and

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ologist and composer. He was also known as José Antonio de Donostia.Obras musicales del Padre Donostia: Piano José Antonio de Donostia, Jorge de Riezu - 1972 - From 1936 to 1943 he was in exile in France. His most popular work is the ''Basque Preludes'', a set of fifteen piano pieces inspired by Basque traditional music, arranged in a very romantic way, that reminds Robert Schumann's and Edvard Grieg's styles.

Selected discography

* ''Ahots eta pianorako musika (I)'' - Complete music for voice and piano * ''Ahots eta pianorako musika (II)'' * ''Ahots eta pianorako musika (III)'' Almudena Ortega, soprano and Josu Okiñena, piano NB001 2005 * ''Ahots eta pianorako musika (IV)'' Almudena Ortega, soprano and Josu Okiñena, piano NB002 2006

References

Basque classical composers Spanish musicologists 1886 births 1956 deaths Exiles of the Spanish Civil War People from San Sebastián Spanish male classical composers Spanish classical composers 20th-century Spanish people 20th-century classical composers 20th-century musicologists 20th-century Spanish male musicians 20th-century French male musicians {{spain-composer-stub