Antonio Gallego Gallego

Antonio Gallego Gallego
Born 1942 (age 7374)
Zamora, Spain
Occupation(s) Writer, musicologist

Antonio Gallego Gallego (1942) is a Spanish writer and musicologist.

Life and career

Antonio Gallego was born in Zamora, Spain in 1942 and was raised in La Vera. He studied music at the conservatories of Salamanca and Valladolid, law at the University of Salamanca, and arts at the Complutense University of Madrid. A disciple of Federico Sopeña,[1] Gallego has been the Technical Secretary of the National Chalcography,[2] a Professor of Aesthetics and History of Music at the Valencia Conservatory, and a Professor of Musicology at the Madrid Royal Conservatory.[3] He directed the Cultural Services of the Fundación Juan March between 1980 and 2005.[4] He was appointed a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1996[5] and a member of the Real Academia de Extremadura de las Letras y las Artes in 2002.[6] A founding member of the Spanish Society of Musicology (SEdeM), Gallego directed its Journal between 1978 and 1980.[7] In 1992 he wrote the libretto for Miguel Ángel Coria's opera Belisa, adapted from García Lorca's play Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín. The work premiered on May 15, 1992 at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid.[8]

El amor brujo

El amor brujo, one of the most important works of Manuel de Falla, was first performed in April 1915 in Madrid, Spain. Falla continued to work on the music until completing the 1925 version premiered in Paris, France. Both the original 1915 score and the following 1916 version were considered lost.

In 1986, Antonio Gallego was commissioned to compile a catalog of Manuel de Falla's works kept in his archive. During this task Gallego recovered from sketches the original 1915 version. The reconstruction process is detailed in his book Manuel de Falla y El amor brujo.[9]

Works

Gallego has published many articles and a dozen books including:

References

  1. El País, January 27th, 1987. http://elpais.com/diario/1987/01/27/cultura/538700406_850215.html
  2. National Chalcography Anthology Exhibition, 1975 http://www.march.es/arte/exposiciones/exposicion.asp?clave_expo=174
  3. Juan March Foundation, Conference November 15th, 2005 'Auditorios, orquestas, conservatorios' http://www.march.es/conferencias/anteriores/voz.aspx?p1=2542&l=1
  4. Juan March Foundation, Accessed March 2014. http://www.march.es/conferencias/detalle.aspx?p1=2&p5=100014&l=2
  5. Members of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Arts, Accessed March 2014. http://www.realacademiabellasartessanfernando.com/es/academia/composicion/academicos/
  6. Members of the Extremadura Royal Academy, Accessed March 2014. http://raex.es/index.php/academicos/senores-academicos-de-numero
  7. History of the SEdeM 1978-1984 (Spanish) at http://www.sedem.es/es/sedem/historia/Samuel-Rubio.asp
  8. Valenzuela (May 15, 1992)
  9. Zarzuela Theater Program Notes, 'Falla, ¡Ay, Amor!' (PDF) http://teatrodelazarzuela.mcu.es/es/temporada-2012-2013/temporada-lirica-2012-2013/download/21_5aeb8be807051d9f9b27d1afe11fddd6
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