Pau Riba i Romeva
Pau Riba (7 August 1948 – 6 March 2022) was a Spanish author and Mallorquín versatile artist. Riba was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 7 August 1948. He started working during the 60s in the context of the counterculture.
Pau Riba i Romeva

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- Name
- Pau Riba i Romeva
- Born
- 7 August 1948
- Birthplace
- Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Died
- 6 March 2022
- Place of death
- Tiana, Catalonia, Spain
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- writer, singer-songwriter, actor, musician and painter.
- Fields
- folk rock, nova cançó, cantautor music, folk, world and country, music of Mediterranea and pop rock.
- Education
- Centre educatiu privat Isabel de Villena and Massana School.
- Known for
- Dioptria and Mosques de colors.
- Honours
- Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia.
- Languages
- Catalan, Spanish and English.
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Pau Riba (7 August 1948 – 6 March 2022) was a Spanish author and Mallorquín versatile artist. Riba was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 7 August 1948. He started working during the 60s in the context of the counterculture.
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Biography
Biography
Romeva worked between 1948 and 2022 across writer, singer-songwriter, actor, musician and painter. The registers place that work in folk rock, nova cançó, cantautor music, folk, world and country, music of Mediterranea and pop rock. This article rests on 3 catalogued compositions and 13 issued recordings drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Pau Riba i Romeva studied at Centre educatiu privat Isabel de Villena and Massana School. The recorded working language is Catalan, Spanish and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are folk rock, nova cançó, cantautor music and folk, world and country. Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and Throbbing Gristle are recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are Dioptria and Mosques de colors. Distinctions recorded are Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia.

Pau Riba al CAT (Centra Artesà Tradicionàrius), al concert Folk per la Llibertat, el 24 novembre de 2017
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Pau Riba i Romeva • Born — 7 August 1948 • Birthplace — Palma de Mallorca, Spain • Died — 6 March 2022 • Place of death — Tiana, Catalonia, Spain • Genre — Rock, contemporary folk, psychedelia, Nova Cançó • Instrument — Guitar • Years Active — 1967–2022 • Associated Acts — Grup de Folk, Jaume Sisa, Pastora,
Records
Records
• 1967: Taxista (EP, Concèntric) • 1967: El Nadal no té 20 anys, Maria del Mar Bonet, Maria Amèlia Pedrerol, Lluís Llach and Pau i Jordi (EP, Concèntric) • 1968 En Pere Gallerí (Pau i Jordi) (EP, Concèntric) • 1968: Noia de porcellana (EP, Concèntric) • 1968: Folk-2 (Pau i Jordi and other members of the Grup de Folk) (LP, Als 4 Vents) • 1972: El rei de Xauxa (Single, Concèntric) • 1972 L'home estàtic (Single, Concèntric) • 1969 Miniatures (with Jaume Sisa, Cachas and Albert Batiste) (EP, Concèntric) • 1970: Dioptria I (LP, Concèntric) • 1970 Ars eròtica (promotional single) • 1970: Mareta Bufona (promotional single) • 1971: Dioptria II (LP, Concèntric) • 1971: Jo, la donya i el gripau (LP, Edigsa) • 1975: Electròccid àccid alquimístic xoc (LP, Movieplay-Série Gong) • 1977: Licors (LP, Movieplay-Série Gong) • 1979: Rollo roc (Single, Edigsa) • 1981: Amarga Crisi (LP, Edigsa) • 1986: Transnarcís (double LP −3 sides-, with book, little books and perfumes. Edicions de l'Eixample) • 1987: Nadal (Single, Ed. de l'Eixample) • 1993: Disc Dur (LP, On the Rocks 2001/CD) • 1994: De riba a riba La Col·lecció del Taller 7 (CD, Taller de Músics) • 1997: Cosmossoma (CD, Nuevos Medios 15 731 CD-Matriu/Matràs) • 1998: Astarot Universdherba with the experimental concert of the Canet Roc 77 festival with Perucho's (CD in a tin can, edited by G3G Records and Matriu/Matràs) • 1999: Joguines d'època i capses de mistos all early singles and EPs (Matriu/Matràs) • 2001: Nadadales (in the CD book “Jisàs de Netzerit o capitol zero de la Guerra de les galaxies” —Jisàs of Netzerit or star wars chapter zero —. Columna + Matriu/Matràs) • 2003: “Electròccid àccid alquimistic xoc/Licors”. Reissue 2 CDs in 1 with the covers superimposed. (CD, Time-Warner/Dro) • 2003: “Licors”. Special remastered digipack reissue. (CD, Time-Warner/Dro 5046703282-LC 4720) • 2005: “Electròccid àccid alquimistic xoc”. Special remastered digipack reissue. (CD, Time-Warner/Dro 5046771812-LC 00002) • 2011: “40 Gripaus” (deluxe reissue of “Jo, la donya I el gripau” with a new cover by Miquel Barceló. Matriu/matràs) • 2013: “mosques de colors” with Pascal Comelade (Discmedi Blau DM5088-02)
Identity
Identity
Pau Riba i Romeva is recorded with the occupation writer. Established in IdRef (French universities) under 06869833X. Pau Riba i Romeva is established in Library of Congress under n86051431. Established in Discogs under 1094454. Established in FAST under 1993780. Recorded as having studied at Centre educatiu privat Isabel de Villena and Massana School.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1948
Pau Riba i Romeva was born on 7 August 1948.
2022
Dies at Tiana.
2022
Pau Riba i Romeva died on 6 March 2022.
Places
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Palma.
Birth place
Tiana.
Death place
Books
• 1968: Cançons i poemes (Prologue by Raimon. Col·lecció “Les Hores Extres”, 268 pgs. Barcelona). • 1976: Graficolorància (Prologue by Oriol Tramvia. Pastanaga Editors. Col·lecció “Els Tebeollibres”, 164 pgs. Barcelona). • 1981: Euro Rock (Schlemmer, Vielfraß, Abstinenzter und Rock'n'Roll-Kekse”. Ed. Rowoht. Hamburg). • 1985: Trànsit —Prosopopeia de la infància— Poems. With illustrations and gravures by Mercè Riba. (Taller d'Aixa. Llampaies). • 1987: Ena Novel: a group of old persons decide to come back to childhood. (Quaderns Crema. 30 pgs. Barcelona). • 1988: La gran corrida Journalistic essay. From May of '68 to the elections of '88. An analysis of two decades. Interviews with the principal candidates for the presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya. (Quaderns Crema. 112 pgs. Barcelona). • 1997: Lletrarada (all the songs). Prologue by Julià Guillamon. Epílogue by Enric Casasses. (Edicions Proa- “Els llibres de l'Óssa Menor”, Barcelona). • 1998: Actors gramàtics (With Jaume Sisa). Poetry. (Edicions matriu/matràs. Barcelona). • 1999: Al·lolàlia (Compilation of periodical articles with prologue by Màrius Serra). (Edicions Proa. Col·lecció “Perfils”. Barcelona). • 2001: Jisàs de Netzerit o capítol zero de la guerra de les galàxies (CD-Book) illustrated by Max, Pau, Pere Joan, Alex Fito, Gabi i Linhart. Includes the CD “Nadadales”. (Editorial Columna. Barcelona). • 2006: Nosaltres els terrorists. Essay. According to Enric Casasses, a political discourse similar to Noam Chomsky’s one but shorter, clearer, better argued and more revolutionary. (Edicions matriu/matràs. Tiana). • 2006: Màximes maximalistes Poems. Images by Francesc Vidal. (Arola Editors. Tarragona). • 2013: “Sa meu mare”. A portrait of his mother. (Ara Llibres. Barcelona).
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- “Pau Riba i Romeva”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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His recorded languages were Catalan, Spanish and English. One child is recorded: Caïm Riba. Other recorded relations include Carles Riba, Clementina Arderiu and Pau Romeva. Formation and teaching. Romeva studied at Centre educatiu privat Isabel de Villena and Massana School. His recorded influences include Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Throbbing Gristle, William Saroyan and The Incredible String Band. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 2: Dioptria and Mosques de colors. His recorded genres are folk rock, nova cançó, cantautor music, folk, world and country and music of Mediterranea.
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