Evaristo Fernández Blanco ( Astorga, 6 March 1902 –

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, 22 October 1993) was a Spanish composer. He was a member of the

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, associated to the

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. Fernández Blanco studied in

under

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and in

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under

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. Returning to Madrid in 1935, he aligned with the Republican faction and was named a representative of the government's Music Council. After the Republican defeat in 1939 he sought refuge from the White Terror in Viascón, a hamlet in

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where he composed his Dramatic Overture. In 1941 he moved to

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, where he worked as a pianist in local

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companies. Soon he stopped composing. With the transition to democracy in the second half of the 1970s there was some interest in Fernández Blanco's music. In 1982 he composed his Suite of Old Dances on a commission for the

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, marking his return to composition after four decades of silence. In 2008 his complete orchestral works were recorded by the Málaga Philharmonic conducted by

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and released by Verso Records.
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Selected works

Orchestral

* Sad Valse * Mountain Impressions (1921) * Symphonic Overture (1925) * ''Exaltation'', tone poem * Two Leonese Dances (1932) * Dramatic Overture (1940) * Suite of Old Dances (1982)

Instrumental

* Piano Trio in C (1928) * Perpetuum Mobile for piano

References

20th-century Spanish classical composers 20th-century male composers Spanish male classical composers 1902 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Spanish musicians 20th-century Spanish male musicians {{Spain-composer-stub