Valentin Zubiaurre Urionabarrenechea (13 February 1837 – 13 January 1914) was a Spanish composer who was a professor at the

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and worked at the Chapel Royal.Brass Wind Publication 4107PA

Life

Zubiaurre was born in Garay, a

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town in the province of

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on 13 February 1837. His first musical experience was as a choirboy in Bilbao, and he later went on to study the organ. He traveled to Latin America in 1852, where he taught music until 1866, when he returned to Spain. This proved to be fruitful, as in 1869 he won the National Music Competition for an opera called ''Ferdinand Set''. He was noticed by authorities and received a scholarship from the Academy of Fine Arts, with which he visited France, Germany and Italy to study. Upon his return he entered the Chapel Royal, which he eventually became master of in 1878. At the chapel he composed religious music and audition pieces for applicants. In this year he also became a professor at the Madrid Conservatory, where he composed the '' Audition Piece for Trumpet'',Musicroom.com
/ref> one of his only compositions still used for the purpose of examination.

Known works

Solo pieces

* Audition Piece for Trumpet *Fantasy for horn with piano accompaniment *Oboe solo with piano accompaniment

Operas

*''Luis de Camoes'' *''Ferdinand Set'' *''Leda''

Orchestral

*Symphony in E major (1870)

Religious music

*St. Matthew Passion *5 Masses *Requiem *Salve *Stabat Mater *Motets

Piano

*2 Sonatas

References

1837 births 1914 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Spanish musicians Basque classical composers Spanish Romantic composers Spanish classical composers Spanish male classical composers Spanish opera composers Academic staff of the Madrid Royal Conservatory Male opera composers People from Durangaldea 20th-century French male musicians {{Spain-composer-stub