José Antonio Santesteban ( Spanish: José Antonio Santesteban , October 18, 1835 , San Sebastian - September 21, 1906 , San Sebastian ) - Basque organist and composer, the most famous member of the musical family, which also includes his father of and son of . José Antonio is the creator of the first Basque-language opera , “Pudente” ( Basque. Pudente ), the libretto for which was written by the poet . It was staged in 1884 in San Sebastian [1] and represented a sequence of scenes, divided into two acts, with music (fifteen numbers in total) to which processed Basque songs served, including .
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| Date of Birth | October 18, 1835 |
| Place of Birth | San sebastian |
| Date of death | September 21, 1906 (aged 70) |
| A place of death | San sebastian |
| A country |  Spain ( Basque Country ) |
| Professions | composer , organist |
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José Antonio is also known for speaking in 1863 at the inauguration of the Cavalier Cola organ at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Coro [2] in San Sebastian. In 1879, he became an organist and bandmaster in this ward, succeeding his father .
Some works
- Pudente, the first Basque opera
- 12 masses for a large orchestra
- 2 miserere (one of them four-voice)
- psalms
- motets
- 24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 84 (with a dedication to “my friend ”)
- Traditional Basque Songs and Dances ( Cantos y Bailes Tradicionales Vascongados , 74 numbers)
Notes
- ↑ Ramón Zallo. Les basques, aujourd'hui. 2007. - P. 198: "Le premier (Pudente), avec une musique de José Antonio Santesteban sur un livret de Serafin Baroja, fut représenté por la première fois en 1884 à Donostia."
- ↑ (Eng.) Description of the organ.
Links
- Jose Antonio Santesteban: sheet music for international music score library project
- Jose Antonio Santesteban : an article by Angel Sagardia Sagardia in the .