Antón García Abril

Antón García Abril studied at Madrid Royal Conservatory and Accademia Musicale Chigiana. Training under Julio Gómez García is recorded. Jesús Bola, Juan Medina and Alicia Diaz de la Fuente are recorded as having studied under Antón García Abril. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is soundtrack, opera and chamber music. Employment is recorded with Madrid Royal Conservatory. Works named in the authority record are Himno de Aragón and Divinas palabras. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Prize Tomás Luis de Victoria and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.

Between 1974 and 2003, García Abril was head of the department of Compositions and Musical Forms (Composición y Formas Musicales) of the Madrid Royal Conservatory, and in 1982 he was elected a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1994, he was awarded Spain's Premio Nacional de Música for composition, and in 2008, he was also named a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia. He died on 17 March 2021, at the age of 87 from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[2]

García Abril composed many orchestral works and chamber and vocal pieces, as well as music for films and television series such as El hombre y la Tierra,[3] Fortunata y Jacinta, Anillos de oro, Segunda enseñanza, Brigada Central, Ramón y Cajal, La ciudad no es para mí and Compuesta y sin novio. In 1966, he composed the soundtrack for the film Texas, Adios, a Spaghetti Western starring Franco Nero. Also, in 1969, he worked alongside Rafael Romero Marchent, a film director from Madrid, on the soundtrack of the movie Awkward Hands, another Spaghetti Western. He also composed the music for Amando de Ossorio's Blind Dead series of films, being Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972), Return of the Blind Dead (1973), The Ghost Galleon (1974) and Night of the Seagulls (1975).

• Divinas Palabras, after the play by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1991)

• Don Juan (1961) • Danza y Tronío, based on material by Antonio Soler and Luigi Boccherini (1984) • Doña Francisquita, orchestral version of the original zarzuela by Amadeo Vives (1985) • Pórtico de España y América (1992) • Fuenteovejuna (1994) • La Gitanilla, based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1996)

• Un Millón de Rosas (1971) • Mata-Hari (1983)

• Divinas Palabras, after the play by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1961) • Calígula, after the play by Albert Camus (1963) • Luces de Bohemia, after the play by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1971) • Tirano Banderas, after the novel by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1974) • La Celestina, after the play by Fernando de Rojas (1977) • Contradanza, after the play by Francisco Ors (1980) • Doña Rosita la Soltera, after the play by Federico García Lorca (1980) • Las Mocedades del Cid, after the play by Guillén de Castro (1990) • El Gran Teatro del Mundo, after the play by Calderón de la Barca (1998)

• Concerto for Bow Instruments (1963) • Hemeroscopium, Concerto for Orchestra (1972) • Celibidachiana (1982) • Introduction and Fandango, based on Bocherini's String Quintet in D major Op.40 No.2 (1984) • Three Sonatas for Orchestra, based on Soler's three sonatas (1984) • Canciones y Bailes para Dulcinea (1985) • Overture for the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (1987) • Cantos de Pleamar, for String Orchestra (1993) • Alhambra (1998) • Cartas a un Amigo (1998) • La Fuerza de la Creación, for the SGAE (1999) • El Mar de las Calmas (2000) • Three Scenes from the Ballet "La Gitanilla" (2003) • Memorandum (2004) • Castilla y León, Patrimonio de la Humanidad (2004) • Alba de Soledades for String Orchestra (2006) • Lumen (2008)

• Piano Concerto (1957–66, rev 1994) • Cadencias, Violin Concerto (1972) • Concierto Aguediano, Guitar Concerto No.1 (1978) • Homenaje a Sor, Four Studies for Guitar and Orchestra (1978) • Concierto Mudéjar, Guitar Concerto No.2 (1983) • Nocturnos de la Antequerela, for Piano and String Orchestra (1996) • Concierto de las Tierras Altas, Cello Concerto (1999) • Concierto de la Malvarrosa, Double Concerto for Piano, Flute and String Orchestra (2001) • Juventus, Double Piano Concerto (2002) • Concierto de Gibralfaro, Double Guitar Concerto (2003) • Alba de los Caminos, for Piano and String Orchestra (2007) • Cantos de Ordesa, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2012)

• Three Spanish Songs, for soprano and orchestra (1962) • Cantico delle Creature, for four vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra (1964) • Homenaje a Miguel Hernández, for baritone/bass and orchestra (1965) • Twelve Songs on Texts by Rafael Alberti, for voice and orchestra (1969) • Cántico de "La Pietá", for soprano, cello, organ, mixed choir and string orchestra (1977) • Alegrías, Cantata-Divertimento for mezzo-soprano, child reciter, mixed children choir and orchestra (1979) • Asturian Songs on texts by José León Delestal, for voice and orchestra (1984) • Salmo de Alegría para el Siglo XXI on texts by Rafael Alberti, for soprano and string orchestra (1988) • Anthem of Aragón, for mixed chorus and orchestra (1988) • Cancions Xacobeas, Hommage to Galician Poetry for voice and orchestra, also available for voice and piano (1993) • Lur Kantak, Cantata for large mixed chorus and orchestra (1997) • Cantos Nupciales, for chorus and organ (1998) • Anthem for the Charles III University, for chorus and orchestra (1999) • Two Carols for the New Millenium, on texts by Antonio Gala and for chorus and orchestra • Chant of the Seven Stars, for chorus and orchestra (2004) • Salve, for soprano, cello, organ, choir and string orchestra (2004)

• Pater Noster and Ave Maria (1964) • Two Villancetes, on texts by Gil Vicente (1966) • La Amapola, on a text by Juan Ramón Jiménez (1973) • Three Asturian Polyphonies, based on the Musical Songbook of Asturian Lyrics by Eduardo Martínez Torner (1983) • Miña Santiña, on a text by Rosalía de Castro (1985) • Hold the Vision in Our Hearts, on a text by Hellen Keller (1987) • Cantar de Soledades, on a text by Antonio Machado (1989) • Caligrafías Misteriosas, on a text by José Hierro (1995) • Three Watercolours of Aragon, on a text by Magdalena Lasala with optional organ or piano accompaniment (1998) • Three Turolean Polyphonies, based on the dances of Jorcas (1998)

• Collection of Children's Songs, on texts by Federico Muelas (1956) • Two Carols from "El Alba del Alhelí" (1959) • Two Songs of Youth, on texts by María de Gracia Ifach (1959) • Three Lullabies, on texts by Rafael Alberti (1961) • Four Galician Songs, on texts by Rosalía de Castro (1962) • Three Spanish Songs, on texts by Federico García Lorca (1962) • Aunque Vives en Costera, on a popular Aragonese text (1963) • Becqueriana, on a text by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1970) • Songs of Valldemosa, on texts by several authors (1976) • Five Songs from the Cantata "Alegría", on texts by Marina Romero (1979) • Asturian Songs, on texts by José León Delestal (1984) • Hommage to Mompou, for Piano, Violin and Cello (1988) • Divinas Palabras, reduction for voice and piano, an orchestral version also being available (1991) • Songs of the Alto Duero, on a text by Antonio Machado (1993) • Three Poetics of the Sea, on texts by several authors (1996) • Castilla de la Luz, on a text by Carlos Frühbeck (2000) • Canciones del Jardín Secreto, on Arabic-Andalusian texts from the XI to the XVI centuries, an orchestral version also being available (2001) • Three Songs on Texts by Antonio Machado, for soprano and piano (2003) • Songs of Night and Stars, on a text by Isabel Rey (2007) • Songs of Memory, on texts by Fina de Calderón and José Viñals (1999-2008) • Songs of the Floresta (2007) • Songs of the Sea, Love and Sunrise, on a text Ángel González (2008)

• Sonata de Siena, Violin Sonata (1956) • Pieces for Flute and Piano (1964) • Three Pieces for Double Quintet and Percussion (1968) • Two Pieces for Viola and Piano (1981) • Two Pieces for Cello and Piano (1981) • Nuptial, for Two Pianos (1987) • Cantos del Plenilunio, for Flute and Piano (1990) • Chamber Music for Children, Twelve Pieces for Violin and Piano (1991) • Agrippa Quartet, for Piano, Violin, Cello and Clarinet (1994) • Madrid 1948-1998, for Two Pianos (1998) • Quartet for the New Millenium, for String Quartet (2005) • Hispalense Fantasy, for Violin and Piano (2007) • Offering, for Three Players (2007) • Boreal Chant, for Flute and Piano (2008)

• Lontananzas, Piano Suite (1953) • Sonatina (1954) • Prelude and Toccata (1957) • Guadalquivir Sonatina (1982) • Mirambel Preludes (1984–96) • Cuadernos de Adriana, 42 Children Pieces (1985) • Zapateado, for 4-Hand Piano (1995) • Balad of the Arrayanes (1996) • Two Greek Pieces (2001) • Three Amantine Pieces (2005) • Three Baladillas (2006) • Dialogues with the Moon (2006) • Microprimaveras, Five Piano Pieces (2006)

• Escala Peregrina (2005)

• Suite for Guitar (1965) • Evocations, Five Pieces (1981) • Mediterranean Fantasy (1987) • Vademecum, 24 Pieces (1987) • Dedicatory (1992) • Sonata del Pórtico (1994) • Three Urban Preludes (1995) • The Night of the Secrets (1997) • Music for Night Owls (2002) • Dos Cantares (2010) • Nocturnos de la Luna sobre el Agua (2010) • Trimountain (2015)

• Los camioneros (1972) • El hombre y la Tierra (1974) • Curro Jiménez (1976, in collaboration with Waldo de los Ríos and Juan José García Caffi) • La España de los Botejara (1978) • Fortunata y Jacinta (1980) • Cervantes (1981) • La máscara negra (1982) • Ramón y Cajal (1982) • Juanita la Larga (1982) • Los desastres de la guerra (1983) • Anillos de oro (1983) • Segunda enseñanza (1986) • Brigada Central (1989) • Réquiem por Granada (1990) • Compuesta y sin novio (1994) • El hombre y la musica (2013)

• 6 Partitas (2019) commissioned and recorded by Hilary Hahn.

The authorities additionally record the heading Anton Garcia Abril. His recorded language was Spanish. One child is recorded: Antón García-Abril.

Antón García Abril worked in soundtrack, opera, chamber music, symphonic music and ballet. He was employed by Madrid Royal Conservatory. He belonged to Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis, Reial Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Carles de València, National Academy of Fine Arts (Argentina) and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Isabel of Hungary.

Works recorded as notable number 2: Himno de Aragón and Divinas palabras.

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