Emiliana de Zubeldia
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Emiliana de Zubeldia Inda (6 July 188826 May 1987) was a Spanish
pianist
and composer
. She is known for guitar compositions.
, in Southern Spain
, and emigrated to Latin America during the time of the Spanish Civil War. She began her musical studies at Pamplona
and in 1904 continued at the Conservatory of Madrid
and the Schola Cantorum in Paris
, where she studied composition with Vincent d'Indy
and piano with Blanche Selva
.
She returned to Pamplona at the death of his father in 1909, but then returned to Paris in 1922 to continue her studies in composition. In 1928 she toured America including Rio de Janeiro
, Sao Paulo
, Montevideo
, Buenos Aires
and in 1930 moved to New York City
. Zubeldia met Andrés Segovia
and Nicanor Zabaleta
in New York in 1933. Both began their careers as soloists and shared Zubeldia's broadcasts on Radio City Music Hall
, giving talks about Spanish music until the summer of 1934.
Zubeldia toured the Caribbean
and Mexico
, and in 1935 she settled in Mexico. After the Spanish Civil War, she took Mexican citizenship in 1942 and in 1947 moved to Hermosillo
, Sonora
, she founded the Academy of Music at the University of Sonora. She worked for forty years there as a music teacher, choral director, lecturer and radio program producer and songwriter. She died in the State of Sonora General Hospital on 26 May 1987 at the age of 98.
Selected works include:
Spain
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pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. She is known for guitar compositions.
Biography
Emiliana de Zubeldia was born in Salinas De Oro, NavarreNavarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
, in Southern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, and emigrated to Latin America during the time of the Spanish Civil War. She began her musical studies at Pamplona
Pamplona
Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...
and in 1904 continued at the Conservatory of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and the Schola Cantorum in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where she studied composition with Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
and piano with Blanche Selva
Blanche Selva
Blanche Selva was a French pianist, music educator, writer and composer of Catalan origin.-Biography:Blanche Selva was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde in Corrèze. As a child she studied piano with a number of teachers, took preparatory classes with Sophie Chen, and was admitted to the Paris...
.
She returned to Pamplona at the death of his father in 1909, but then returned to Paris in 1922 to continue her studies in composition. In 1928 she toured America including Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Sao Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
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and in 1930 moved to New York City
New York City
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. Zubeldia met Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
and Nicanor Zabaleta
Nicanor Zabaleta
Nicanor Zabaleta was a Spanish virtuoso and populariser of the harp.Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in an antique shop. He soon began taking lessons from Vincenta Tormo de Calvo and Luisa Menarguez...
in New York in 1933. Both began their careers as soloists and shared Zubeldia's broadcasts on Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city...
, giving talks about Spanish music until the summer of 1934.
Zubeldia toured the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, and in 1935 she settled in Mexico. After the Spanish Civil War, she took Mexican citizenship in 1942 and in 1947 moved to Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
, she founded the Academy of Music at the University of Sonora. She worked for forty years there as a music teacher, choral director, lecturer and radio program producer and songwriter. She died in the State of Sonora General Hospital on 26 May 1987 at the age of 98.
Works
Emiliana de Zubeldia composed for piano, guitar, chamber ensembles, chorus, mass and orchestra.Selected works include:
- Capricho Baska, guitar, dedicated to Luis de la Maza, dated Montevideo, April 1929.
- Landscape Baska, guitar, allegro, dedicated to Andres Segovia. Probably composed in New York in 1934.
- Landscape from the Pyrenees, for harp, in tribute to Nicanor Zabaleta.