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Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta (28 October 1878 – 17 March 1953) was a Spanish composer, violinist and pedagogue.


Career

Del Campo was born in Madrid. He became professor at the
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in 1915, where he was an influential teacher. Among his pupils were Salvador Bacarisse,
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, and Fernando Remacha. His compositions were played in the Theatre Real of Madrid for José María Alvira. His opera ''Lola la Piconera'' made its debut at the
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, Barcelona, 12 December 1952. He was also the principal conductor of the
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. Del Campo was a major figure in the conservative musical climate during the period of rule by
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, writing in a late Romantic style. He died in Madrid aged 74.


Selected works


Symphonic works

Del Campo's characteristic symphonic music takes the form of evocative
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s. * ''Ante las ruinas'' (Before the Ruins, 1898) * ''La dama de Amboto'' (The Lady of Amboto, 1901) * ''Two Parts from the ''
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'' ** Prologue (1908) ** ''Inferno'' (1910) * ''Bocetos castellanos'' (Castilian Sketches, 1911) * ''Granada'', a
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(1913) * ''Fantasía sobre temas del Maestro Chapí'' (Fantasy on themes of Master Chapi, 1913) * ''Kásida'' (1922) * ''Obertura madrileña'', a
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(1930) * ''Suite madrileña'' (1934) * ''Ofrenda a los caídos'' (Offering to the Fallen, 1944) * ''Poema de Castilla'' (Castilian Poem, 1948) * ''Poema de las Cantigas'' (Poem of the Songs, before 1950) * ''Poema de la Natividad'' (Poem of the Nativity, before 1950) * ''Evocación y nostalgia de los molinos de viento'' (Evocation and Nostalgia of Windmills, 1952)


Concertante works

* ''Fantasía castellana'', for piano and orchestra (1939) * Suite for viola and small orchestra (1940) * Violin Concerto (1943) * ''Evocación de Castilla'' for piano and orchestra (1943) * Cello Concerto (1944) * ''Evocación y nostalgia de los molinos de viento'' * ''Tríptico castellano'' * ''El viento de Castilla'' * ''Poema de los loores de María'', symphonic poem for viola and orchestra (1944)


Chamber music

* ''Romanza'' in F major for viola and piano, Op. 5 (1901) * ''Pequeña pieza'' for viola and piano, Op. 6 (1906) * String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, ''Oriental'' (1903) * String Quartet No. 2 in A major, ''A buen juez mejor testigo'' (1907) * String Quartet No. 3 in C minor, ''Cuarteto castellano'' (1908) * String Quartet No. 4 in C major, ''El Christo de la Vega'', Musical commentary to Zorrilla's poem, divided into six impressions. (with spoken word) * String Quartet No. 5 in F minor, ''Caprichos Románticos'' (1908) * String Quartet No. 6 in B minor, ''Asturian'' (1909) * String Quartet No. 7 in E minor (1911) * String Quartet No. 8 in E major (1913) * String Quartet No. 9 in D major, ''Apassionado'' (1942) * String Quartet No. 10 in F major, ''Castilian'' (1945) * String Quartet No. 11 in E major (1947) * String Quartet No. 12 in B flat major (1948) * String Quartet No. 13 in A major, ''Carlos III'' (1949) * String Quartet No. 14 in D major (1952) * Piano Quintet in E major, ''Episodio de una vida combatida y dolorosa'' (1939; adaptation of String Quartet No. 8)


Piano Music

* ''León'' * ''Danza del Bufón'' (based on a poem by Castilla)


Zarzuelas

* ''Aires de la Sierra'' * ''El burlador de Toledo''


Choral works

* ''Castilla'' * ''El viento de Fuensaldaña'' * ''Seis canciones Castellanas'' ("Six Castilian songs")


Sources

*Antonio Iglesias
Monografia Nº 4: Conrado del Campo
Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish). Accessed 28 October 2008.


References

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