Hilarión Eslava
Miguel Hilarión Eslava y Elizondo (21 October 1807 – 23 July 1878) was a Spanish composer and pedagogue.
Also recorded as Miguel Hilarión Eslava y Elizondo · Hilarion Eslava · Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo
Hilarión Eslava
Biblioteca Nacional de España · Public domain
- Born
- 1807. · Burlada/Burlata.
- Died
- 1878. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- composer, musicologist and conductor.
- Fields
- opera, oratorio and church music.
- Teachers
- Francisco Secanilla and Julián Prieto.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Professional career
Professional career
Training under Francisco Secanilla and Julián Prieto is recorded. Gaspar Espinosa de los Monteros y Jiménez and Pedro de Urrutia y Cruz are recorded as having studied under Hilarión Eslava. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, oratorio and church music. Employment is recorded with Madrid Royal Conservatory. Positions recorded include Chaplain of the King of Spain.
Born in Burlada, Navarra, Eslava was co-founder of the society La España Musical with Emilio Arrieta, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, and Joaquín Gaztambide to defend Spanish opera and zarzuela.
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Hilarión Eslava (21 October 1807 – 23 July 1878) is described as a composer and conductor in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Death
Death
He died in Madrid aged 70.
Documentary record
Hilarión Eslava was born on 21 October 1807; the birthplace is Burlada, Spain, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Hilarión Eslava died on 23 July 1878 in Madrid.
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1878
Hilarión Eslava died at Madrid.
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Burlada/Burlata.
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Madrid.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3818102: Hilarión Eslava
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- “Hilarión Eslava”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Hilarión Eslava
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- 1.Zallo, Ramón. Basques, Today: Culture, History and Society in the Age of Diversity and Knowledge. Alberdania. 196. 2007. 9788496643598.
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