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Joaquin Turina
Born: December 9, 1882; Seville, Spain
Died: January 14, 1949; Madrid, Spain
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When he was a small boy, one of Joaquín Turina's favorite toys was a small accordion, and music was always his favorite subject at school. He studied piano and theory in his hometown of Seville and made his debut there as a pianist at age 14. His success led him to Madrid, where he tried to get his opera La sulamita (c. 1900) and his zarzuela Fea y con gracia (1904) performed. The latter was staged to no great success, but Turina showed his music
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Album de viaje, Op. 15 (3)
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Arias (3), Op 26 (1)
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Arias (3), Op 26: no 3, Rima (1)
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Ave María, Op. 95 (1)
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Bailete, Op. 79 (3)
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Canciones (2), Op. 38 (1)
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Cantares, poema en forma de canciones for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 19/3 (3)
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Canto a Sevilla, Op. 37 (6)
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Canto a Sevilla, Op. 37: Las fuentecitas del Parque (1)
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Canto a Sevilla, Op. 37: no 2, Las Fuentecitas del Parque (1)
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Canto a Sevilla, Op. 37: no 5, Fantasma (2)
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Canto a Sevilla, Op. 37: no 6, La giralda (3)
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Circulo, Op. 91 (9)
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Concierto sin orquesta, Op. 88 (2)
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Cuentos de Español Book I, Op. 20 (1)
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Cuentos de Español Book II, Op. 47 (1)
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Danse de la séduction, for piano (Danses gitanes, Set 1, No. 2), Op. 55/2: Danza de la Seduccion, Op (1)
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Danse rythmique, for piano (Danses gitanes, Set 2, No. 4), Op. 84/4 (1)
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Danzas (2) sobre temas populares españoles, Op. 41 (2)
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Danzas andaluzas (3) for Piano, Op. 8 (5)
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Danzas andaluzas (3) for Piano, Op. 8: no 2, Tango (1)
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Danzas andaluzas (3) for Piano, Op. 8: no 3, Zapateado (3)
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Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 (20)
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Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22: 3rd movement, Orgia (4)
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Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22: Ensueno (1)
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Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22: no 2, Ensueño (1)
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Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22: no 3, Orgía (3)
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Danzas gitanas (5), Op. 84 (6)
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Danzas gitanas (5), Op. 84: no 1, Fiesta de las calderas (1)
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Danzas Gitanas Set I, Op. 55 (1)
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Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55 (1)
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Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55: Danza de la Seducción (1)
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Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55: Sacro Monte (1)
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Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55: Zambra (1)
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Danzas gitanas, Op. 55 (8)
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Danzas gitanas, Op. 55: no 5, Sacro-monte (5)
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Dedicatoria (1)
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Deside mi Terraza, Op. 104 (1)
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El castillo de Almodóvar, Op. 65 (1)
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El fantasma (2)
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El poema de una Sanluqueña, Op. 28 (3)
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El poema de una Sanluqueña, Op. 28: no 1, Ante el espejo (1)
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El poema de una Sanluqueña, Op. 28: no 2, La canción del lunar (1)
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El poema de una Sanluqueña, Op. 28: no 3, Alucinaciones (1)
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El poema de una Sanluqueña, Op. 28: no 4, El rosario en la iglesia (1)
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Escena andaluza, Op. 7 (1)
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Evangelio, Op. 12 (1)
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Evocaciones, Op. 46 (1)
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Fandanguillo for Guitar, Op. 36 (45)
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Fantasia cinematográfica, Op. 103 (1)
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Fantasia del reloj, Op. 94 (1)
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Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 29 "Sevillana" (22)
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Fantasia italiana, Op. 75 (1)
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Fantasía sobre cinco notas, Op. 83 (1)
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Fantasia sobre cinco notas: Preludio, Op 83 (1)
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Fantastic Dances: Orgía (1)
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Farruca (3)
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Fiesta del Calderas, for piano (Danses gitanes, Set 2, No. 1), Op. 84/1 (1)
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Homenaje a Lope de Vega, Op. 90 (2)
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Homenaje a Navarra, Op. 102 (3)
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Homenaje a Tárrega for Guitar, Op. 69 (11)
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Homenaje a Tárrega for Guitar, Op. 69: no 1, Garrotín (9)
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Homenaje a Tárrega for Guitar, Op. 69: no 2, Soleares (16)
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Homenaje a Tárrega, for guitar, Op. 69 (3)
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Invocation, for piano (Danses gitanes, Set 2, No. 3), Op. 84/3 (1)
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Jardin de niños, Op. 63 (1)
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Jardín de oriente, Op. 25: Prelude and Dance (1)
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Jardin Oriental: Danza (1)
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La oración del torero, Op. 34 (22)
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La processión del Rocio, Op. 9 (12)
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Las fuentecillas del parque (1)
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Las locas por amor, for voice & piano, Op. 19/5 (1)
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Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93 (1)
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Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93: no 2, Euterpe (3)
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Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93: no 3, Talía (1)
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Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93: no 6, Erato (1)
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Los dos miedos (2)
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Mallorca, Op. 44 (1)
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Miniaturas, Op. 52 (1)
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Mujeres de Sevilla, Op. 89 (3)
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Mujeres de Sevilla, Op. 89: no 2, La mocita del barrio (1)
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Mujeres españolas, Op. 17 (4)
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Mujeres españolas, Op. 73 (4)
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Mujeres españolas, Op. 73: no 2, La florista (1)
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Musas de Andalucía for piano quintet, Op. 93: Polimnia (1)
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Navidad, Op. 16 (1)
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Niñeras, Book I, Op. 21 (1)
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Niñeras, Book II, Op. 56 (1)
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Nunca olvida (2)
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Nunca olvida, for voice & piano, Op. 19/2 (1)
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Partita for Piano in C major, Op. 57 (1)
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Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35 (1)
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Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19 (15)
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Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19: no 2, Nunca olvida (1)
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Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19: no 3, Cantares (11)
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Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19: no 4, Los dos miedos (1)
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Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19: no 5, Las locas por amor (1)
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Poema fantástico, Op. 98 (1)
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Poems (3), Op. 81 (1)
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Poems (3), Op. 81: no 2, Tu pupila es azul y cuando ries... (1)
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Preludio (1)
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Preludios for Piano, Op. 80 (1)
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Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 67 (6)
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Quartet for Strings, Op. 4 "de la guitarra" (2)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 1 (1)
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Ráfaga for Guitar, Op. 53 (13)
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Rapsodia sinfónica, Op. 66 (7)
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Recuerdos de la antigua España, Op. 48 (2)
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Rincón mágico, Op. 97 (1)
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Ritmos, Op. 43 "Fantasia coreográfica" (4)
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Sacromonte, for piano (Danzas gitanas, Set 1, No. 5), Op. 55/5 (1)
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Saeta en forma de Salve a la Virgen de la Esperanza, Op. 60 (9)
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Sanlucar de Barrameda, Op. 24 "Sonata pintoresca" (4)
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Scène Andalouse: 2. A la fenêtre (1)
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Seguiriya (1)
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Seguiriya, for piano (Danses gitanes, Set 2, No. 5), Op. 84/5 (1)
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Semana Santa (1)
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Serenata for String Quartet, Op. 87 (5)
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Sevilla, Op. 2 (2)
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Sevilla: Suite pittoresque, Op. 2 (1)
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Siluetas, Op. 70 (1)
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Sinfonia sevillana, Op. 23 (7)
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Sonata espanola for Violin and Piano (3)
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Sonata fantasia, Op 59 (1)
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Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 61 (21)
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Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 61: Andante (5)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 51 (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 51: 1st movement, Lento-Allegro molto (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 51: 2nd movement, Aria "Lento" (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 51: 3rd movement, Rondo "Allegretto" (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2, Op. 82 "Española" (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2, Op. 82 "Española": 1st movement, Lento-Tema y variaciones (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2, Op. 82 "Española": 2nd movement, Vivo-Andante-Vivo (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2, Op. 82 "Española": 3rd movement, Adagio-Allegro moderato (1)
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Sonata romántica, Op. 3 (1)
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Sonetos (3), Op. 54 (1)
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Sonetos (3), Op. 54: no 1, Anhelos (1)
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Sonetos (3), Op. 54: no 2, Vade retro! (1)
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Spanish Songs (3) (1)
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Tarjetas Postales, for piano (1)
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Tarjetas postales, Op. 58 (1)
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Tema y variaciones, Op. 100 (1)
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The Circus, for piano (1)
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Toccata and Fugue for piano, Op. 50 (1)
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Trio for Piano and Strings in F major (1)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 1, Op. 35 (9)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in B minor, Op. 76 (8)
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Tríptico, Op. 45 (1)
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Tríptico, Op. 45: Farruca (10)
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Variaciones clásicas for Violin and Piano, Op. 72 (3)
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Viaje marítimo, Op. 49 (1)
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Vocalizaciones, Op. 74 (1)
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Zambra, for piano (Danzas gitanas, Set 1, No. 1), Op. 55/1 (1)
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Biography |
by Chris Morrison
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When he was a small boy, one of Joaquín Turina's favorite toys was a small accordion, and music was always his favorite subject at school. He studied piano and theory in his hometown of Seville and made his debut there as a pianist at age 14. His success led him to Madrid, where he tried to get his opera La sulamita (c. 1900) and his zarzuela Fea y con gracia (1904) performed. The latter was staged to no great success, but Turina showed his music to many prominent musicians and struck up a friendship with Manuel de Falla.
After studying piano at the Madrid Conservatory with José Tragó, Turina went to Paris, where he worked with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum from 1905 to 1914. He also took some piano lessons with Moritz Moszkowski. During his years in Paris he was encouraged by the great French composers of that time -- Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Paul Dukas, and his teacher d'Indy -- and wrote a few works in the French style of the day. After the premiere of his Piano Quintet, Op. 1 in 1907, Turina went to a café with Isaac Albéniz and de Falla. They convinced Turina to write in a more consciously Spanish style. As Turina put it, "[w]e were three Spaniards gathered together in that corner of Paris and it was our duty to fight bravely for the national music of our country."
One of his first truly Spanish works was La procesión del Rocío, written in France in 1912 and premiered by the Madrid Symphony the following year. This portrait of a religious festival helped establish Turina's reputation, and by the time he returned to Spain with Falla in 1914, he was already recognized as a leading Spanish composer. Turina took a post as choirmaster at the Teatro Real, a position he held until the theater closed in 1925. He continued to be very active in Spain's musical life, serving as pianist of the Quinteto de Madrid, conducting opera and orchestral performances, and writing musical criticism for El Debate and other publications. He also composed works like the two books of Mujeres Españolas for piano (1917, 1932), a series of portraits of Spanish women, and La oración del torero (The Bullfighter's Prayer, 1925). In 1920 he wrote two of his most popular pieces, the Danzas Fantásticas for orchestra or piano, and the Sinfonía Sevillana, which won first prize in a competition for a musical picture of life in Seville.
In 1930 he was appointed professor of composition at the Madrid Conservatory. He and his family suffered a certain amount of persecution by the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, but Turina was able to carry on with his musical activities both during and after the war. He founded the General Music Commission of the Ministry of Education, of which he served as commissioner in 1941. He became a member of the Spanish Academy of Arts, was awarded the Grand Cross of Alfonso X the Wise, and died in early 1949 after a long struggle with cancer. |
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