Mompou Federico (1893-1987)
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Composer, was born and died in Barcelona.
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(1893-1987)
Federico (anglicized as Frederic) Mompou was born on April 16, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain to a mother of French descent and a Catalan father. His mother's family owned the Dencausse bell foundry (the sound of bells were later shown to have been influential to Mompou's music). He was born during the Catalan Renaissance of the arts that occurred during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he proved to be one of its mavericks.
Young Frederic began his musical training at the Barcelona Conservatory, but in 1911, at age 18 (with recommendation of the composer Granados) he went to Paris to study piano with I. Philipp and Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix, as well as harmony with M. Samuel Rousseau. This was to be his only formal musical training - he never formally studied counterpoint or composition - consequently, he always rejected the title of “composer”, and rarely followed the accepted structural/contrapuntal rules or theories of the time, choosing instead to rely on subjective personal inspiration. Mompou was a very shy and withdrawn person who apparently lived in his own personal aesthetic world, from which his very unique music was born. His musical output was almost all for the intimate expression of solo piano, solo piano with solo voice, solo guitar, or solo organ. Mompou had to leave Paris because of World War I, and returned to Barcelona for 7 years. But he returned to Paris in 1921 and lived there for the next 20 years, during which time he gained widespread recognition for his piano music (this recognition was spurred by a glowing review by the famous music critic Émile Vuillermoz in 1921), performed in the exclusive Parisian salons, and met many of the famous composers living there or passing through at the time.
Mompou had to leave Paris again in 1941 due to World War II - he moved back to Barcelona, where he lived quietly, often taking walks on the outskirts of the city along the port/harbor (the maritime atmosphere was influential to him), and enjoying Catalan mystical poetry. He was married to the Catalan pianist Carmen Bravo, for whom he composed his Paisajes (Landscapes). He remained in Barcelona until his death at age 94 on June 30,1987.
Web: http://www.jeffgower.com/mompou.html
Federico (anglicized as Frederic) Mompou was born on April 16, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain to a mother of French descent and a Catalan father. His mother's family owned the Dencausse bell foundry (the sound of bells were later shown to have been influential to Mompou's music). He was born during the Catalan Renaissance of the arts that occurred during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he proved to be one of its mavericks.
Young Frederic began his musical training at the Barcelona Conservatory, but in 1911, at age 18 (with recommendation of the composer Granados) he went to Paris to study piano with I. Philipp and Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix, as well as harmony with M. Samuel Rousseau. This was to be his only formal musical training - he never formally studied counterpoint or composition - consequently, he always rejected the title of “composer”, and rarely followed the accepted structural/contrapuntal rules or theories of the time, choosing instead to rely on subjective personal inspiration. Mompou was a very shy and withdrawn person who apparently lived in his own personal aesthetic world, from which his very unique music was born. His musical output was almost all for the intimate expression of solo piano, solo piano with solo voice, solo guitar, or solo organ. Mompou had to leave Paris because of World War I, and returned to Barcelona for 7 years. But he returned to Paris in 1921 and lived there for the next 20 years, during which time he gained widespread recognition for his piano music (this recognition was spurred by a glowing review by the famous music critic Émile Vuillermoz in 1921), performed in the exclusive Parisian salons, and met many of the famous composers living there or passing through at the time.
Mompou had to leave Paris again in 1941 due to World War II - he moved back to Barcelona, where he lived quietly, often taking walks on the outskirts of the city along the port/harbor (the maritime atmosphere was influential to him), and enjoying Catalan mystical poetry. He was married to the Catalan pianist Carmen Bravo, for whom he composed his Paisajes (Landscapes). He remained in Barcelona until his death at age 94 on June 30,1987.
Web: http://www.jeffgower.com/mompou.html
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