Gabriel Fernández Álvez (
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
, 9 July 1943 – Madrid, 2 February 2008) was a Spanish composer. He represented Spain at the
I.S.M.E.'s XII Congress and the
I.S.C.M.'s XII Congress.
Selected works
* String Quartet No. 1 (1973)
* ''Hommage to
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20t ...
'' (1976)
* ''Dioramas'' (1976)
* Concerto for 6 percussionists (1976)
* ''Hommage to
Hindemith
Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major ad ...
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* ''Lasciate ogni speranza'', for soprano, treble, chorus, magnetic tape and orchestra
* Symphony No. 2 (1979)
* ''Oda'' for viola and piano (1984)
* ''Trío Mompou'' (1984)
* ''Lyric Phantasy'' for violin (1985)
* ''Cántico Matritense'' (1988)
* ''Fantasía (desde la lejana cercanía...)'' for guitar (1990)
* ''Elegiac Concerto'' for violin, cello, piano, chorus, 2 trumpets (among the audience), strings and percussion (1990)
* ''Sonata poética'' for guitar (1991)
* ''Gibraltar'', opera (1992)
* ''Liturgia de cristal'', 12 Preludes for guitar (1993)
* ''Concierto Seglar'' for saxophone and orchestra (1994)
* Violin Concerto (1996)
* ''La extraña flor de la melancolía'', piano sonata (1996)
* ''Cuadernos para trío''
* Concerto for 2 flutes and orchestra
* ''An-At'', trio
* ''Getsemaní'', oratorio (2000)
* ''Twelve Preludes'' for piano
* ''
El Profeta'', for barytone, chorus and orchestra (2006)
* ''Fantasía en blanco y negro'' for piano (2006)
* ''El poder de la imaginación'', for trio (2006)
* Capriccio por trio and ensemble (2007)
External links
Review of his Concerto for six percussionistsin
El País
(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
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, 1977
Obituary
1943 births
2008 deaths
Spanish composers
Spanish male composers
20th-century Spanish musicians
20th-century Spanish male musicians
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