Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 in

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– 1940) was a Spanish composer. He studied with Engelbert Humperdinck in Germany and was better known there than in Spain.Historia de Euskadi — Volume 6 - Page 83 Martín de Ugalde - 1981 "Así ocurre con Andrés Isasi Linares (1890-1940), que cursa sus estudios con Karl Kampf y Humperdinck. Durante su estancia en Alemania estrenó en 1914, en Berlín, sus poemas Amor dormido, Zharufa, El Oráculo y El Pecado." He was made a citizen of honour of

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Recordings

* Spanish Classics — Andrés Isasi Symphony No. 2 Suite No. 2 Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Juan José Mena Naxos * Andrés Isasi : String Quartets : Volumes 1,2,3. Isasi Quartet. Naxos * Isasi: Orchestral Works: Berceuse Tragica for Violin and Orchestra Op.22 No.1. Erotic Poem Op.14. Zharufa Op.12. El Oráculo Op. 18. El Pecado Op.19 John Carney (violin) Basque National Orchestra, Enrique Garcia Asensio. Claves. * Songs on ''Basque songs'' Carlos Mena. HMF

References

Basque classical composers 1890 births 1940 deaths 20th-century classical composers Spanish classical composers Male classical composers Musicians from Bilbao 20th-century Spanish musicians 20th-century French male musicians Spanish male musicians {{Spain-composer-stub