Presentation of new book on Xavier Montsalvatge

Posted by Marcel Soleda on December 14, 2005  |  Leave a comment

Xavier Montsalvatge, homenaje a un composito, the first book published about the composer Xavier Montsalvatge since his death in May, 2002, was presented this morning at the Barcelona offices of the Spanish Society of Authors & Editors (SGAE).

The book is a joint project published by Fundación Autor, with Llorenç Caballero as coordinator and editor, and contributions from eminent experts on the figure of Montsalvatge: Roger Alier, Antoni Ros Marbà, Antonio Gallego, José Guerrero Martín, Juan José Olives, Antonio Iglesias, Josep Lluís Falcó, Jorge de Persia, Adam Kent, Mònica Pagès and Jordi Codina.

The book contains over 300 pages and includes a detailed catalogue of works, filmography and annotated bibliography, plus a chapter by José Luis Gómez featuring personal testimonies about Xavier Montsalvatge from, among others, Montserrat Caballé, Teresa Berganza, Alicia de Larrocha, Victòria dels Àngels, Frederic Mompou, Paloma O’Shea and Xavier Valls.

Llorenç Caballero, Ramon Muntaner, who is head of the SGAE in the Mediterranean area, and close relations of Montsalvatge, including his wife and children, all attended the presentation.

Last quarter news from Tritó

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 30, 2005  |  Leave a comment

At Tritó, we have returned from the summer holidays anxious to embark on new projects: projects that are aimed at further enriching our catalogue with new and interesting scores. In addition to the previously unpublished Tres Impromptus by Montsalvatge, we should also mention the arrangement of Ramon Carnicer’s Overture to the Barber of Seville by an anonymous contemporary of the composer, 6 diferències per a un tema mallorquí by David Padrós and 7 epigrames per a piano by Benet Casablancas.

Three unpublished piano scores by Xavier Montsalvatge found

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 23, 2005  |  Leave a comment

These Tres Impromptus for solo piano, previously unpublished, and for which Montsalvatge won a prize in a music competition organized by the Concepció Rabell i Civils Foundation in 1933, have only recently been found in the library of the Orfeó Català.

At the time Xavier Montsalvatge was in his early twenties and his prize money amounted to five hundred pesetas.These scores, which Tritó will soon publish, expand our catalogue of piano works by Montsalvatge, which already includes outstanding titles such as Bressoleig, Quatre diàlegs amb el piano, Alborada en Aurinx and Concerto del Albaicín.