Juan José Mantecón

Juan José Mantecón (29 July 1895 - 24 March 1964) was a Spanish composer. He was a member of Generation of '27 and the Group of Eight, the latter of which also included composers Jesús Bal y Gay, Ernesto Halffter and his brother Rodolfo, Julián Bautista, Fernando Remacha, Rosa García Ascot, Salvador Bacarisse and Gustavo Pittaluga.[1][2] He composed music but was better known as a critic, writing under the name Juan del Brezo.[3]

He was born in Vigo in Galicia to a well off family; his father, a tax official, was transferred to Oviedo and then to Madrid.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Music Bulletin. The Society. 1923. p. 311.
  2. ^ Gómez-Castellano, Irene; Vialette, Aurélie (2021-03-15). Dissonances of Modernity: Music, Text, and Performance in Modern Spain. UNC Press Books. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4696-5193-4.
  3. ^ a b "Juan José Mantecón Molins | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-21.