en Enric Casals

Enric Casals i Defilló
Enric Casals i Defilló
Born	26 July 1892; Barcelona, Spain
Died	31 July 1986 (aged 94); Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)	Violinist, composer, conductor

Enric Casals i Defilló (July 26, 1892 in Barcelona – July 31, 1986), brother of Pablo Casals, was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor.

Biography

He started to study music with his father, Carles Casals i Ribes.^[1] Then, he became a disciple of Rafael Gálvez. Afterwards, he went to Brussels in order to improve his violin and composition skills, with Mathieu Crickboom and Joseph Jongen; and in 1918 he moved to Prague, where he was a pupil of cz:František Suchý.^[1]^[2] He established the String Quartet "Enric Casals" in 1921, with which he toured Europe, offering concerts in France, Belgium, England, Switzerland and Spain.^[1] He played as the solo violinist of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (1910 - 1912), the Kurot Symphonische Orchester in Saint Petersburg (1912 - 1914), the Pau Casals Orchester (1920 - 1936) and the Gran Teatre del Liceu (1924 - 1935).^[1] He was sub-conductor of the Pau Casals Orchester (1920 - 1936), conductor of the Orquestra Ibèrica de Concerts (1940 - 1942) and the Orquestra Professional de Cambra de Barcelona, with which he conducted almost a hundred concerts. Besides he occasionally conducted other important orchestras around the world, such as the national orchestras of Portugal, Mexico, Hungary, Greece, and the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris. He was founder and director of the Musical Institute Casals and responsible of the famous Prades Festivals (especially between 1955 and 1983).^[1]

A en Juli Garreta (1924), with the melody of Els Segadors
Angoixa (s/d), amb la melodia d'Els Segadors
Barcelona (1976)
Catalunya avant (1910), with popular melodies (Rossinyol que vas a França)
Cants de tardor
Dramàtica, composed for orchestra
Era una vegada (1935)
Festa (1920)
La font del Penedès (1954)
Heroica (1919), dedicated to his brother Pablo
Íntima (1920)
Lleida a la Verge de Granyena (1976), for choir and cobla
Lluny...! (1918), written in Montevideo
La mainada de Sant Salvador (1928), with the melodies of Senyor Ramon and 'El General Bum-Bum
Montserrat en primavera (1968), sardana upon request, with melodies of Montserrat
Mònica
La nena galana (1908)
La platja de Sant Salvador, it's another title for the sardana La mainada de Sant Salvador
Recordant Conrad Saló, a different title for the sardana Íntima
Sardana de carrer (1927)
La sardana dels Tres Reis (1983), for choir and cobla
Setembre (1924)
Tarragona (1927)
Tres amors (1949)
Trista (1925)
El Vendrell (1948)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya (ed.). "Enric Casals i Defilló. Descripció del Fons" (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ Casares Rodicio, Emilio (1999–2002). "Enric Casals i Defilló". Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana. (in Spanish). 3. Madrid. ISBN 978-84-8048-303-2.