José Luis Pérez de Arteaga (13 April 1950 – 8 February 2017) was a Spanish announcer, critic, journalist, and musicologist.
Biography
In 1985, he began to direct and present ''El mundo de la fonografía'' in
Radio Clásica
Radio Clásica is a Spanish free-to-air radio station owned and operated by Radio Nacional de España (RNE), the radio division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's second radio station, and ...
, a station centered on the area of recorded sound, in discography novelties, historical productions, commemorations and ephemeris, and always evoked through phonographic records. In
Radio 1 Radio 1 or Radio One most commonly refers to:
*BBC Radio 1, a music radio station from the BBC
** BBC Radio 1Xtra, a digital radio station broadcasting black music
*CBC Radio One, a talk radio station operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporatio ...
, he was a collaborator of ''El ojo crítico'' and, in Radio Exterior, directed ''En clave de 5''. His voice was also habitual in the re-transmissions of the
Vienna New Year's Concert
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for
TVE and in the re-transmissions of the concerts of the
National Orchestra and Choir of Spain. He wrote several books on the composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
; in fact, he was considered one of the most important biographers of Mahler in the country. He had dedicated two volumes about his life and his work and also made a complete record inventory of him.
He was formed musically in Spain and later in the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama in
London
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. He studied piano with . He wrote thousands of articles and musical critiques for Ritmo and Scherzo magazines, the Diverdi newsletter, and the
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
,
La Razón, and
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
newspapers. From 1981 to 1985, he was the director of the ''Enciclopedia Salvat de la Música''.
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According to Pérez de Arteaga, his radio mentor was .
Bibliography
* ''La cultura española durante el franquismo'' (1977)
* ''Cine para leer'' (1988)
* ''François Truffaut'' (1988).
* ''Gustav Mahler'' (1986)
* ''La música de cámara de Shostakovich'' (first critical edition, 1991).
* ''Mahler'' (2008)
2nd edition (2011)
References
External links
Muere José Luis Pérez de Arteaga, musicólogo y 'voz' del concierto de Año NuevoEspecial Sinfonía de la mañana - 30 años de 'El mundo de la fonografía'
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1950 births
2017 deaths
People from Madrid
Spanish musicologists