Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (27 March 1851 – 25 March 1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers.

Biography

Chapí was born at

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, the son of a

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barber. He trained in his home town and in

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. He wrote many symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as '' zarzuelas'' and

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s, becoming, alongside

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, a fellow pupil of

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at the Madrid Conservatory. He was one of the most popular and important composers of his time. He wrote zarzuelas in all shapes and sizes, including the three-act ''zarzuela grande'' and the one-act ''

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'' forms. His most celebrated work is '' La revoltosa'', written in the latter style. Many of the preludes to his ''zarzuela''s (including those to ''El tambor de granaderos'' and ''La patria chica'') have remained staple items in Spanish orchestral concerts. He died in Madrid in 1909.

Symphonic works

* ''Sinfonía en Re'' (Symphony in D) (by 1879) * ''Escenas de capa y espada'' (Scenes of Cloak and Sword), symphonic poem (1876) * ''La Corte de Granada: Fantasía Morisca'' (The Court at Granada: Moorish Fantasy; 1873/1879) * ''Polaca de concierto'' (Concert Polka; 1879) * ''Los gnomos de la Alhambra'' (The Gnomes of the Alhambra; 1891) * ''Combate de Don Quijote contra las Ovejas'' – Scherzo (Don Quixote's Fight against the Windmills; 1902) * ''La Revoltosa'', Orchestral Fantasy (1897)

Chamber music

* String quartet No. 1 in G major (1903) * String quartet No. 2 in F minor (1904) * String quartet No. 3 in D major (1905) * String quartet No. 4 in B minor (1907)

Principal zarzuelas and operas

* ''

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'', opera in 3 acts (1878) * '' Música clásica'', zarzuela in 1 act (1880) * '' La serenata'', opera in 1 act (1881) * ''La tempestad'', zarzuela in 3 acts (1882) * ''La bruja'', zarzuela in 3 acts (1887) * ''El milagro de la Virgen'', zarzuela in 3 acts (1884) * ''El rey que rabió'', zarzuela in 3 acts (1891) * ''Curro Vargas'', zarzuela in 3 acts (1898) * ''El tambor de granaderos'', zarzuela in 1 act (1894) * '' Las bravías'', zarzuela in 1 act (1896) * '' La revoltosa'', zarzuela in 1 act (1897) * ''La chavala'', zarzuela in 1 act (1898) * ''El barquillero'', zarzuela in 1 act (1900) * '' El puñao de rosas'', zarzuela in 1 act (1902) * ''La venta de Don Quijote'', zarzuela in 1 act (1902) * ''Circe'', opera in 3 acts (1902) * ''La patria chica'', zarzuela in 1 act (1907) * ''

Margarita la tornera ''Margarita la tornera'' (''Margarita the Gatekeeper'') is an opera in three acts composed by Ruperto Chapí to a libretto by Carlos Fernández Shaw, based on a dramatic poem by José Zorrilla. It premiered on 24 February 1909 at the Teatro Real ...

'', opera in 3 acts (1909)

References

External links

*
Ruperto Chapí recordings
at the

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