Iberia: Piano Music from Spain & Portugal

[fleubis]

Ah, Alfred, what a charming piece of fluff the Usandizaga Rapsodia Vascongada is. While the young lady looks very pretty in the beret, I don't think the guy wearing a fake mustache with a garlic necklace will bode well for him amongst the damsels!

[alfor]

No further info about RUISANZ, apart from that he wrote the pieces below and a Zarzuela.
Born probably mid-19th century.

The following well-written pieces („Loose pages“) exhibit a nostalgic view, slightly „in the old style“.

nms (but alfor-edited)

Ruisanz Paginas sueltas.pdf

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[Jim Faston]

No further info about RUISANZ, apart from that he wrote the pieces below and a Zarzuela.
Born probably mid-19th century.

The following well-written pieces („Loose pages“) exhibit a nostalgic view, slightly „in the old style“.

nms (but alfor-edited)

Ruisanz Paginas sueltas.pdf

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Many thanks for this nice little suite. Another composer new to me. I see that he also wrote a one act opera "De Conquista." The libretto is available here:
https://archive.org/details/deconquistaopere3052ruis

[alfor]

You are welcome, dear Jim!

... I see that he also wrote a one act opera "De Conquista."..

= Zarzuela

[alfor]

One more from the Basque region (but without boina):

nms (but alfor-edited)

Usandizaga[color=#0000BF]Jota.pdf

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[fleubis]

Lovely suite by RUISANZ--it may be somewhat old-fashioned, but it is well written and certainly a cut above.

Usandizaga is name I'll spend the rest of the day guessing at the correct pronunciation, but his Jota is well written dance in the popular style.

Nice posts, Alfred!

[alfor]

One more Spanish candidate.
No bio available.

nms (alfor-edited)

Alegria Danza montanesa.pdf

The beginning may be a timid attempt to make use of Albeniz' „cluster“ technique.[/color]

[fleubis]

We definitely have an information gap on this chap--I searched and nothing comes up about him. It it interesting at the
"estribillo" (literally the chorus) section on page 4 to see the composer hog-tie himself trying to keep a stretto going and gives pianists something to consider for a single measure at the retenido (retard). His use of the added 2nd definitely foreshadows (or shadows) Albeniz use of same.

Thank you, Alfred.

[lito valle]

Cándido Alegría
(1887 - 1976)

C o m p o s e r, pianist and organist. He trained as a musician with his
f a t h e r, Isidro Alegría, who taught him the organ, the violin and p i a n o. Admitted to the Schola Cantorum in Paris in 1910.
In 1913, appointed organist at theSanta Lucía parish. As a perf o r m e r, Cándido devoted special attention to the organ, and, as a researcher
and composer, to folklore. He was known for his arrangements of works by Falla, Otaño and G o i c o e c h e a .
He transcribed the C a n t a b r i a re g i o n’s Cancionero collection of folk songs compiled by Sixto Córdoba. His compositions display
a masterly command of modern techniques, reflecting his training in the French (Fauré, Satie, Debussy)
and German schools (Brahms) and his piano training (Grieg); his music is reminiscent of the aural worlds of Falla, Albéniz and G r a n a d o s .

Source: Compositores de Cantabria

[alfor]

Thank you for the info, dear litto valle!

P.S. His full name is:

Cándido Alegría Gómez-Oreña (1887-1976)

The posted work is from 1916, so it may in fact modestly
shadow techniques Albeniz used in „Iberia“.