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SUITE COMPOSTELANA
para guitatra
Fedcrico Mompou
SUITE COMPOSTELAI\üA
para guitarra
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Francisco Lloréns Díaz (187 4- I 948)
"JARDÍN DEL PAZO DE MARCIAL DEL ADALID" (1918)
(oil on canvas, cm. 187 x I21)
reprodwced by kind permission of the
"Museo de belas artes" - Coruña (Spain)
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FORtrWORD
FEDERTCO MOMPOU (1893-1987) of the latter pieces by Henri Collet could almost
sum up Mompou's st!le:{z)
he Catalan composer Federico Mompou y
Dencausse was born on April 16th, 1893, <<Dans cette euyre si bien écrite pour le piano
to a Catalan father and a French mother. He se révéle un tempérament d lafois énergique et
began his piano studies at the Conservatorio del réveut volontaire et méditatif. Ony voit parattre
liceo in Barcelona, giving his first recital at the des lambeaux mélodiqwes populaires natfs et
age of 15. However, his ambition to be a tendres ou doulowreux et la mise en (Euvre est
composer was sealed the following year when d'un art qui étonne de la part d'un musicien
he heard Fauré perform some of his own music. dont le métier n'a pas été poussé. Et c'est que
l'autewr pense la mwsique autant qu'il la sent
Like many other Spanish musicians, Mompou et qwe chaque swite d'accords s'impose d son
moved to Paris to further his musical education, esprit avec Ltne logique inexorable. Elles
arriving there in 1911 with letters of introduction passent sur des pédales floues toutes gonflées
from Enrique Granados, who had himself de la séve circulante dans le tronc mélodique
studied there twenty years earlier. In Paris, choisi et s'éteignent dans la tonalité premiére
Mompou studied privately with Isidor Philipp qui ne fwt jamais perdue de vue.»
and Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix (both for piano)
and Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (harmony). Two [«In this work, so well written for the piano, is
years later he moved back to Barcelona, revealed a technique at once vigorous and
remaining there luntll 1921 . dreamy, deliberate and meditative. Fragments
of popular melodies - naive and tender or
From the time of Mompou's first visit to Paris, doleful - appear here and there; and the
and his subsequent return to Barcelona, date workmanship is astonishingly skilful in view
some of his earliest published compositions (a11 of the composer's undeveloped technique. And
for piano, like so much of his music). First came this is because the composer thought as much
the Impresiones íntimas (l9lll14), a movement as felt the music, and because each progression
of which (Barca) was later transcribed for the of chords came into his mind with an inexorable
guitar by Regino Sainz de la Maza and logic. They pass by over fluid pedals, full of
performed by him in Paris in the 1920s.t1)Shor- vital force from their main melodic stock, and
tly afterwards came the Scénes d'effints (19151 fade away in the original key, which had never
1 8), orchestrated by Alexandre Tánsman in 1936,
been lost sight of.»l
and the Cants mdgics (1917119). A description
In lg2l Mompou returned to his beloved Paris, In 1,962 Mompou composed the Suite
where he was befriended by Poulenc and other compostelana - the first of his three guitar works
members of Les srx, though stylistically he had - for Andrés Segovia. Segovia's edition was
little in common with them. The 1920s were, published tn 1964 by the French publishing
for Mompou, a period of growing fame, thanks house of Salabert. Presumably on account oÍ
in part to some extremely appreciative Segovia's enthusiasm for the Suite conl-
comments and articles written by French critics postelana, Mompou set about creating another
such as Henri Collet and, notably, Emile guitar work for him. Returning to the tenth
Vuillermoz. Canción y danza, which already existed in
version for piano and choir, Mompou made his
The 1920s were also a decade of growing fame own guitar transcription, which remained
for the guitarist Andrés Segovia, born in the unpublished (and unknown) until its rediscovery
same year as Mompou. His Paris debut concert in May 200I by Angelo Gilardino in the
on April Jh, 1924, was a turning point in his collection of manuscripts that also containec
career, and marked the start of his fame outside the manuscript of the Suite compostelanct
Spain and LatinAmerica. Although we have no Mompou's guitar arrangement of his tentt
record of a meeting between Segovia and Cancióny danza is also published in this series
Mompou in Paris at this time, Segovia's visits fn 1972 Mompou composed his third and, a:
to the city were so frequent, and his reputation far as we know, final guitar piece: the thirteentt
so high, that Mompou could hardly have been Canción y danza, one of only two of the set ol
unaware of him. Mompou's legendary shyness Canciones y danzas that does not also exist as ¿
may account for his not presenting Segovia with piano piece.
a composition at this time, unlike so many of
his fellow composers in Paris - such as Pierre Other particularly significant works from thr
de Breville, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Joaquín second half of Mompou's life include thi
Nin, Raymond Petit and Gustave Samazeuilh remarkable Música callada (1959161), in fou;
(to name just a selection) - who eagerly dedica- books, amounting to twenty-eight piano piece:
ted compositions to Segovia.{:) and lasting over an hour; and Improperio:
(1963), a sacred work for solo baritone (or bass I
In the 1930s, for no clear reason, Mompou's choir and orchestra, which denies the notion tha
compositional output dropped drastically. Only Mompou was unable to write large-scale work:
a few short pieces were published in this decade, for large-scale forces. Mompou continued tt
and in 1941 the second world war drove him compose into his eighties, and, occasionalll'. tt
back to Barcelona, where he remained for the travel abroad. In 1978 he suffered a cerebra
rest of his long life. Shortly after his return to haemorrhage, which effectively ended hi,
Barcelona, Mompou met the pianist Carmen composing career. He lived a further nine years
Bravo, who was later to become his wife. With confined to a wheelchair, and died on June 30=
this meeting came a resumption of composing l98l,just four weeks after the death of André
activity. In 1942 the sequence of Canciones y Segovia.
In 1921Mompou returned to his beloved Paris, In 1962 Mompou composed the Suitt
where he was befriended by Poulenc and other compostelana-the first of his three guitar worki
members of Les si¿ though stylistically he had
- for Andrés Segovia. Segovia's edition wal
little in common with them. The 1920s were, published in 7964 by the French publishin¡
for Mompou, a period of growing fame, thanks house of Salabert. Presumably on account ol
in part to some extremely appreciative Segovia's enthusiasm for the Suite cont.
comments and articles written by French critics postelana, Mompou set about creating anothet
such as Henri Collet and, notably, Emile guitar work for him. Returning to the tentl
Vuillermoz. Canción y danza, which already existed ir
version for piano and choir, Mompou made hi:
The 1920s were also a decade of growing fame own guitar transcription, which remainec
for the guitarist Andrés Segovia, born in the unpublished (and unknown) until its rediscoven
same year as Mompou. His Paris debut concert in May 2001 by Angelo Gilardino in the
on April Jt', 1924, was a turning point in his collection of manuscripts that also containec
career, and marked the start of his fame outside the manuscript of the Suite compostelana
Spain and LatinAmerica. Although we have no Mompou's guitar arrangement of his tentt
record of a meeting between Segovia and Cancióny danza is also published in this series
Mompou in Paris at this time, Segovia's visits In 7912 Mompou composed his third and, ai
to the city were so frequent, and his reputation far as we know, final guitar piece: the thirteentt
so high, that Mompou could hardly have been Canción y danza, one of only two of the set ol
unaware of him. Mompou's legendary shyness Canciones y danzas that does not also exist as ¿
may account for his not presenting Segovia with piano piece.
a composition at this time, unlike so many of
his fellow composers in Paris - such as Pierre Other particularly significant works from the
de Breville, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Joaquín second half of Mompou's life include the
Nin, Raymond Petit and Gustave Samazeuilh remarkable Música callada (1959161), in four
(to name just a selection) - who eagerly dedica- books, amounting to twenty-eight piano pieces
ted compositions to Segovia.{:) and lasting over an hour; and Improperios
(1963), a sacred work for solo baritone (orbass)
In the 1930s, for no clear reason, Mompou's choir and orchestra, which denies the notion that
compositional output dropped drastically. Only Mompou was unable to write large-scale works
a few shortpieces were published in this decade, for large-scale forces. Mompou continued tc
and in l94l the second world war drove him compose into his eighties, and, occasionally, tc
back to Barcelona, where he remained for the travel abroad. In 1978 he suffered a cerebral
rest of his long life. Shortly after his return to haemorrhage, which effectively ended his
Barcelona, Mompou met the pianist Carmen composing career. He lived a further nine years.
Bravo, who was later to become his wife. With confined to a wheelchair, and died on June 30,h,
this meeting came a resumption of composing 198l,just four weeks after the death of Andrés
activity. In 1942 the sequence of Canciones y Segovia.
I have reproduced the passages concerned in - Señora Carmen Bravo (the Spanish pianist
smaller sized noteheads. Those players who and wife of Federico Mompou) whose great
decide, in accordance with Segovia, that these competence and gracious advice har-e
measures should not be performed need only continuousiy accompanied the preparation of
skip them, without any further complication, this edition.
- \It- co-editor Luigi Biscaldi (the unerring -Alian Clive Jones, my helpful co-operator in
filter of all of my editorial work) and my the search for and studies about the Sesor-ia
colleagues and friend the guitarists Stanley repertoire.
is a pleosure for me to express my complete approval of this nev, edition of the ,,Suite
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Lcompostelana" by Federico Mompou, prepared by the guitarist-composer and
musicologist Angelo Gilardino. His edition, based on a close study of the original
manwscript, is a carefwl and rigorous one, with no prejudice to the valuable work
of
Andrés Segovia (to whom the work is declicated). I hope this publication will prove
verry
wseful to all interpreters of the coruposition.
From left to right: Federico Mompou, Francis Poulenc and Xavier Turwll (Barcelonct,
I95g).
a Atdrés Segot'ia
SUITE COMPOSTELANA
para guitarra
Edited by
Angelo Gilardino
Federico Mompou
and Luigi Biscaldi (1 893-1987)
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This c olle c tion offer s historic aI, pr eviously unp ublished.
compositions for guitar written -
fgr lyarq §egovia uy aisiinguished composers.
The original manuscripts belong to Mrs. Emills segoíia, Ma'rquise of salobreñs.,
who has generously authorized the"ir publication.
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works.by vicente Arregui, Lennox Berkerey, pierre de Breville,
Gaspar cassadó, Henri collet, ñadre
fosé Antonio de Donostia, Alois Fornerod,
Gilardo Gilardi, Hans Haug, Henri Marte[i, Federico úo*po.r,
Federico Moreno-Torrgr,baa Raymond fooulaert, Lionel
de pachmann, faime pahissa,
carlos pedreil, Raymond petit, Fernande peyrot, vrri?r-nodrigo,
Adolfo salazar, Pedro saniuán, cyril scott, H. s. suláberger,
Álexandre Tansman.
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