Joaquim Homs
Illustration — Joaquim Homs Joaquim Homs i Oller (21 or 22 August 1906 – 9 September 2003) was a Spanish composer. Homs was born in Barcelona, and studied cello until 1922. Afterwards, he educated himself in composition before studying on and off with others from 1931 to 1938.
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Joaquim Homs
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- Joaquim Homs died on 9 September 2003. · Barcelona.
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- Spain
- Occupation
- composer · engineer
- Fields
- sardana
- Teachers
- Roberto Gerhard
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan
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Illustration — Joaquim Homs Joaquim Homs i Oller (21 or 22 August 1906 – 9 September 2003) was a Spanish composer. Homs was born in Barcelona, and studied cello until 1922. Afterwards, he educated himself in composition before studying on and off with others from 1931 to 1938.
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From 1930 to 1936 he studied composition with Roberto Gerhard. He is regarded by one author as not just a Catalan, but also a Spanish composer, while another source names him only as Catalan. His early style was characterized by the use of free counterpoint, already moving towards atonality, and beginning in 1954 he began using twelve-tone technique. While his style remained loyal to modernism, his later works no longer adhered to strict twelve-note technique. He died at his home in Barcelona at the age of 97. The personal papers of Joaquim Homs are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya. When asked by the British encyclopedia The World of Music in the mid-1950s what he considered to be his chief works, his answer was: • Duet for Flute and Clarinet (1936) • String Quartet No. 1 (1938) • Violin sonata (1941) • Sonata for oboe and bass clarinet (1942) • Variations on a popular Catalonia theme (1943) • String Quartets No. 2 (1949) and No. 3 (1950) • Poem by J. Carner for voice and piano (1935) • Four psalms for baritone and chamber orchestra (1939) • Ten choral responses (1943) • Choral Mass (1943) • Rhymes for voice and piano (1950) (Anon. N.d.)
Joaquim Homs is recorded with the occupation engineer. Classed in the genre sardana. Recorded as composer and engineer.
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1906
Joaquim Homs was born on 21 August 1906.
2003
Joaquim Homs died on 9 September 2003.
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Joaquim Homs was born at Barcelona.
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Joaquim Homs died at Barcelona.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Anon. n.d. "Chronological Summary". www.joaquimhoms.org (Accessed 16 September 2013).
- Casanovas, Josep, and Albert Llanas. 1996. Joaquim Homs. Barcelona: Proa. .
- Homs, Joaquim. 1989. Records i reflexions des del darrer tram de camí. Barcelona: Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.
- Homs Fornesa, Piedad. 1988. Catálogo de obras de Joaquín Homs. Madrid: Fundación Juan March. .
- Menéndez Aleyxandre, Antonio. 1980. [untitled article] The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan, .
- Menéndez Aleyxandre, A[rtur], and Antoni Pizà. 2001. "Homs (Oller), Joaquim." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Taverna-Bech, Francesc. 1994. Joaquim Homs.Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores de España.
- Taverna-Bech, Francesc. 2006. Centenari Joaquim Homs. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura. .
- Temprano, Andrés. 1971. "Panorama actual de la musica religiosa española, VI. Joaquín Homs Oller". Tesoro Sacro Musical 54, no. 617 (April–June): 80–85.
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Joaquim Homs i Oller. His recorded languages were Spanish and Catalan.
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