Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón

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Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (4 March 1907– 18 March 1996[1]) was a Spanish composer. She was born in Barcelona and studied piano as a child. When she married, she gave up her musical activities, but after twenty years renewed her interest. She studied piano with and , counterpoint and fugue with and composition with Josep Soler. She also took classes on twentieth-century music with .[2][3]

Personal papers (scores) of Maria Teresa Pelegrí are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.

Works[]

Selected works include:

  • Praeludium und Tiento for organ (1975)
  • Quatre chansons sentimentales: "Le coucher du soleil romantique", text Charles Baudelaire; "L'heure exquise", text of Paul Verlaine; "Autome" [sic for "Automne"], text by Guillaume Apollinaire; "Saisir", text by Jules Supervielle
  • Per a Viola i Piano
  • Duetto for Cello and Piano
  • First String Quartet (1974)
  • Second String Quartet (1984)
  • Third String Quartet
  • Tocatta for nine
  • Passacaglia for Wind, bass, percussion
  • Variations for orchestra
  • Tragic poem for orchestra, inspired by La casa de Bernarda Alba of Federico García Lorca
  • Sinfonietta for wood and string orchestra
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
  • Contrasts for Orchestra
  • Two Songs for Mixed Choir: "Spring", "Infant Joy", texts of William Blake (1976)
  • Requiem for flute, cello, organ and choir
  • Herodes und Mariamne Opera in two acts according to the text of the tragedy by Friedrich Hebbel (1984) [4]

References[]

  1. ^ Alicia Casares-Alonso (27 April 2006). "Pelegrí i Marimón, Maria Teresa". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2021197.
  2. ^ "Maria Teresa Pelegrí Marimon (biography)". Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. ^ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900.
  4. ^ "Maria Teresa Pelegrí in the Biblioteca de Catalunya" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

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