
Francisco Escudero García de Goizueta (13 August 1912 – 17 June 2002)
Francisco Escudero García de Goizueta
(Enciclopedia Auñamendi, Euskomedia) was a Basque
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composer.
Life and career
He was born in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa
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, on August 13, 1912. He began his musical studies at the San Sebastián Municipal Music Academy with Beltrán Pagola Beltrán Pagola Goya (28 February 1878 in San Sebastián – 8 July 1950) was a Basque composer, pianist and teacher. He was professor at the Conservatory of Music (''Conservatorio donostiarra'') in San Sebastián. His music was often inspired by Ba ...
, and continued in Madrid
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, where he was a Composition student of Conrado del Campo.
He was awarded the Spanish National Fine Arts Award
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(''Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes'') for his '' Trío bucólico'' in 1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Febr ...
. During the Spanish Civil War
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he moved to France.
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he became director of the Coral de Bilbao
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.
He was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
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.
In 1957
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he obtained the National Music Prize.
In 1960
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he created the City of San Sebastián Band. He composed the opera Zigor, with a Basque theme, which premiered in Bilbao
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and then in Madrid
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and San Sebastián with great success, once again obtaining a National Music Award (second one).
As part of his teaching work, he directed the San Sebastián Municipal Higher Conservatory of Music. It was during this period, in 1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
, that the historic San Sebastián conservatory was granted the capacity to teach the Superior Degree of music studies. His disciples are, among others, Javier Jacinto Javier may refer to:
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, José Luis Marco
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, Ramon Lazkano, Ángel Illarramendi
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, Alberto Iglesias
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, Roberto Bienzobas
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Life and career
He was born in Bilbao. Since he was young, he studied harmony, chamber music, and orchestra and choral conduct ...
and most of the faculty at the San Sebastián Conservatory as well as other musical centers in Spain.
Awards
* Spanish National Fine Arts Award
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(''Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes''), 1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Febr ...
* Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
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* National Music Prize, 1957
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* National Music Award (second one), 1960
It is also known as the " Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
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Selected works
* ''Pinceladas vascas''
* '' Zigor''
* ''Gernika''
* ''Eusko Salmoa''
* ''Sinfonía mítica''
* ''Illeta''
* ''Aránzazu'' (symphonic poem)
* ''Evocación en Itziar''
* ''Concierto Vasco para piano y orquesta''
* ''Concierto para violoncello y orquesta''
* ''Sinfonía Sacra''
* ''Fantasía geosinfónica''
References
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Basque classical composers
1912 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Spanish musicians