Julián Bautista
Julián Bautista (* April 21, 1901 in Madrid, Spain, † July 8, 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine composer of Spanish descent.
Life
Bautista had his first piano lessons from Pilar Fernández de la Mora. From the age of fourteen, he studied composition at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de Madrid y Declamación with Conrado del Campo. Nineteen year-old he made his debut as a composer in 1922 and 1926 and received a national award for his first or second string. In addition, he conducted the Orquesta Nacional de España, the Philharmonic and the Symphony Orchestra of Madrid.
Following the example of the French Groupe des Six, he founded in 1930 with the Del - Campo - students Bacarisse Salvador, Fernando Remacha, Juan José Mantecón and Gustavo Durán and Rosita García Ascot, Rodolfo Halffter and Gustavo Pittaluga the Grupo de los Ocho or Grupo de Madrid. 1932 and 1933 Bautista was awarded first prize at the Concurso Internacional de Unión Radio. In 1935 he became professor of harmony at the Conservatorio Nacional, 1937 Spokesman of the Ministry of Education established the Consejo Central de la Música.
In 1938 the International Society for Contemporary Music Tres ciudades his composition on the Music Festival of London. In the same year he won the first prize at the Concurs International de Composition Musicale.
1940 Bautista walked out to Buenos Aires. Here he received in 1943 and 1944, prices of the Academia de Artes y Ciencias de la Cinematográficas Argentina, whose member he was in 1944. More Academy Awards he received in 1947, 1951 and 1954. 1957 he was next to Juan José Castro and Roberto García Morillo of the Argentine delegation to the second festival of Latin American music in Caracas. In 1958 he became a member of the standing under the direction of Juan Carlos Pinasco Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
1959 Bautista was next to Juan Jose Castro, Roberto García Morillo, Roberto Kinsky and Erwin Leuchter juror for the organized by the Asociación Amigos de la Música composition competition for chamber orchestra. In the same year he was also professor of music at the Escuela Superior analysis de Bellas Artes de la Ciudad de La Plata. From 1960 he represented Juan José Castro as study director of the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico.
Bautista composed symphonic and chamber works, as well as about forty film scores. His composition students included Constante Abolsky, Rodolfo Alchourrón, Alcides Lanza, Horacio López de la Rosa, Amor de las Nieves Martín, Carlos Pemberton, Osvaldo Pugliese, Valdo Sciammarella and Héctor Stamponi.
Works
- Sonata para Piano y Violin, 1918-20
- Cuarteto para cuerdas, 1918-20
- Canciones sobre Poesias de Becquer, 1918-20
- Dos Impresiones Sinfónicas, 1918-20
- Interior, lyrical drama by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1920
- La Flute de Jade, 1921
- Dos Canciones, 1921
- Juerga y Suite de Danzas, 1921
- Colores, 1921-22
- Premier Cuarteto de Cuerdas, 1922-23
- Sonatina Trio, 1924
- Segundo Cuarteto de Cuerdas, 1926
- Tres Preludios Japoneses, 1927
- Perludio y Danza, 1928
- Suite all'Antica, 1932
- Obertura para una Opera Grotesca, 1932
- Estrambote, 1933
- Primera Sonata concertata a Quattro, 1933-34
- Sonata a Tres, 1934-36
- Concierto para Piano y Orquesta, 1934-36
- Don Perlimplin, 1934-36
- Tres ciudades, 1937
- Camino de la Felicidad, 1937-38
- Seconda Sonata concertata a Quattro, 1938-39
- Fantasia Espanola, 1945
- Catro Poemas Galegos, 1946
- Sinfonia breve, 1956
- Romance del Rey Don Rodrigo, 1956
- Segunda Sinfonía " Ricordiana ", 1957
- Tercer Cuarteto de Cuerdas, 1958