Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel (January 30, 1899 – December 13, 1988), better known as Maestro Quiroga, was a

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composer especially known for his '' coplas'', ''

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s'', and ''

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''. He was also a pianist and one of the group of songwriters, Quintero, León and Quiroga, who created some of Spain's most popular and best-known songs from the mid-twentieth century.

Biography

Maestro Quiroga was born in

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. In 1934 he began dedicating himself completely to music, giving classes to other new artists and composing. He was a prolific composer, with more than 5,000 works to his name, many of them becoming very popular in the 1940s and 1950s in Spain. As he did not write words, he always surrounded himself with lyricists like Salvador Valverde, Antonio Quintero and Rafael de León. Some of his most popular songs are ''Tatuaje'', ''Rocio'', ''La Paralla'', ''María de la O'', ''Ojos verdes'', ''Te Lo Juro Yo'' and ''La Zarzamora''. He also composed several works for the stage. In 1941, he wrote ''La reina fea'' for the zarzuela star soprano, Pepita Embil. Her son, renowned tenor

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, has since recorded several of Quiroga's songs. Maestro Quiroga died from a pulmonary edema at Virgen del Mar de

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clinic on December 13, 1988.

Compositions

Works for orchestra

* ''Ojos Verdes'' * ''Rosa de Capuchinos'' * ''Romance de la Otra'' * ''Te he de Querer nientras Viva''

Works for band

* 1935 ''María de la O'', canción-zambra – Text: Salvador Valverde en Rafael de León * 1946 ''Suite Andaluza'' *# Noche en Granada *# Mezquita (baile) *# Bolero flamenco * 1947 ''Brisas de Andalucía'', suite *# Garrotín de Córdoba *# Andalucía Mora (Baile) *# Maleficio (Danza) * 1950 ''Virgen de la Palma'', marcha procesional * 1954 ''Color Moreno'', espectacolo de danza y copla * 1956 ''Jaime Ostos'', paso-doble * 1960 ''Españolerías'', paso-doble * 1980 ''Una saeta a la Virgen'', marcha procesional * ''¡Ay, Maricruz!'' canción paso-doble – Rafael de León en Salvador Valverde * ''Candelaria'', marcha procesional * ''Capote de grana y. oro'', paso-doble – Text: Rafael de León en Antonio Quintero Ranmírez * ''Carmen de España'', paso-doble – Text: Antonio Quintero Ranmírez en Rafael de León * ''Celos'' zambra – Text: Antonio Quintero Ranmírez en Rafael de León * ''Cocidito madrileño'', paso-doble – Text: Rafael de León en Antonio Quintero Ranmírez * ''Coplas de Luis Candelas'', canción paso-doble – Text: Rafael de León * ''Francisco Alegre'', paso-doble torero – Text: Rafael de León en Antonio Quintero Ranmírez * ''La parrala'', canción paso-doble – Text: Rafael de León en Arias Saavedra * ''La zarzamora'' marcha-canción – Text: Antonio Quintero Ranmírez en Rafael de León * ''Lola puñales'', marcha – Text: Antonio Quintero Ranmírez en Rafael de León * ''Prisionera de los celos'', marcha – Text: Antonio Quintero Ranmírez en Rafael de León * ''Suite Gitana'' *# Interludio *# Danza del Velorio *# Bolero

Stage works

* ''La Marquesa chulapa'' * ''Pan y quesillo'' * ''Sevilla, que grande eres'' Zarzuelas * 1918 ''El Presagio rojo'', 1 act – libretto: Fernando Márquez y Tirado and Salvador Videgaín García * 1921 ''La Niña de los perros'' * 1923 ''El Cortijo de "Las Matas"'', 1 act – libretto: Fernando Marquez y Tirado * 1927 ''De buena cepa'' – libretto:

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* 1935 ''María de la O'' * 1941 ''La Reina fea'', 1 act – libretto: Fernando Márquez y Tirado and Pedro Llabrés Rubio * 1944 ''Pepita Romero'' – libretto: Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw * 1947 ''Gloria La Petenera''

Vocal music

* 1962 ''Contigo nada más'', cha-cha-chá – Text: Carlos Salto * 1963 ''Don Nicanor'', polka-fox (together with: Ramón Cobián) – Text: A. Gîaï Padilla * 1963 ''Chupirindango'', bossa-nova ritual (together with: Ramón Cobián) – Text: A. Gîaï Padilla * ''¡Ay, macarena!'', canción – Text: Rafael de León en Antonio Quintero Ranmírez * ''¡Ay, pena, penita!'' farruca – Text: Rafael de León en Antonio Quintero Ranmírez * ''A la Lima y al Limón'' * ''Aserrín, aserrín'', villancicos – Text: Rafael de León en Arias Saavedra * ''Ay, Mari Cruz'' * ''Carcelero, carcelero'', canción flamenca – Text: Rafael de León en Antonio Quintero Ranmírez * ''Doña Sol'' * ''La niña de la estación'' * ''No me llames Dolores O'', canción – Text: Rafael de León * ''Ojos verdes'' * ''Tatuaje'', canción del puerto – Text: Rafael de León, Arias Saavedra en Alejandro Rodríguez Gómez * ''Y sin embargo te quiero''

Sources

* Maria de los Angeles Pidal Fernandez. ''El compositor Manuel López-Quiroga''. * Miguel Espín en Romualdo Molina. ''Quiroga. Un genio sevillano''. Fundación Autor, 1999. {{DEFAULTSORT:Quiroga, Manuel Spanish composers Spanish male composers Spanish pianists Spanish violinists Male violinists People from Seville 1899 births 1988 deaths Deaths from pulmonary edema 20th-century composers 20th-century pianists 20th-century violinists 20th-century Spanish musicians Male pianists 20th-century Spanish male musicians