Salvador Moreno Manzano or Salvador Moreno (1916-1999) born in

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, (

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), was a

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and

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painter closely linked to

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Biography

A disciple of Alejandro Mestizo, Salvador Moreno Manzano moved to

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attracted by the reputation of pedagogue and composer David Segovia, of whom he became an outstanding student. He was also a student of

Cristòfor Taltabull Cristòfor Taltabull (28 July 1888 - 1 May 1964) was a Spanish composer and pedagogue who was instrumental in the reconstruction of musical life in Catalonia after the Spanish Civil War. Biography Taltabull was born in Barcelona. He came from an e ...

. His opera ''Severino'' (1961), with a libretto by Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, marked the debut of tenor

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at the

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Theater in Barcelona (1966). His songs with

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texts by José Mª Bonilla have often been included in her recitals by soprano

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. These were also recorded by soprano María Bonilla after having sung them in recitals accompanied at the piano by Salvador Moreno himself. Soprano Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros also sung his bel canto music. He also composed music for several poems by

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. As an art historian Moreno published works on Catalan artists who lived and worked in Mexico, such as the romantic painters

Pelegrí Clavé Pelegrí Clavé i Roqué sometimes Pelegrin Clavé (17 June 1811, Barcelona – 13 September 1880, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style who lived and taught in Mexico for many years. Biography From 1822 to 1833, he studie ...

(1966) and Antonio Fabrés (1977), the latter brought to Mexico by

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, and about the sculptor

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(1969), these works have been published by the

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, for which Moreno worked as a special researcher in

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. Moreno maintained a long friendship with intellectuals and painters of the Spanish republican exile in Mexico, like

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, Juan Gil-Albert,

Ramón Gaya Ramón Gaya y Pomés (10 October 1910 – 15 October 2005) was a Spanish painter and writer. Biography Ramón Gaya was born in Murcia to Catalan parents Salvador Gaya and Josefa Pomés. His parents had moved to Murcia so Salvador could better ...

, Soledad Martínez and Tomás Segovia, among others. Much of his correspondence with these intellectuals has been published by Pre-Texts. In 1983, Moreno became a member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of San Jorge, Barcelona. He was also responsible for the official recognition of composer

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, author of the music of the

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, who was born in San Juan de las Abadesas in Catalonia.(ca
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