Aita Donostia
Appearance
José Gonzalo Zulaica (10 January 1886 in San Sebastián, Spain – 30 August 1956), better known by his pen name Aita Donostia (Father Donostia or Father San Sebastian, because he was a priest born in San Sebastian, Donostia in the Basque language), was a Spanish and Basque musicologist and composer.[1] He was also known as José Antonio de Donostia.[2]
From 1936 to 1943 he was in exile in France.
His most popular work is the Basque Preludes, a set of fifteen piano pieces inspired by Basque traditional music, arranged in a very romantic way, that is reminiscent of Robert Schumann's and Edvard Grieg's styles.
Selected discography
[edit]- Ahots eta pianorako musika (I) - Complete music for voice and piano
- Ahots eta pianorako musika (II)
- Ahots eta pianorako musika (III) Almudena Ortega, soprano and Josu Okiñena, piano NB001 2005
- Ahots eta pianorako musika (IV) Almudena Ortega, soprano and Josu Okiñena, piano NB002 2006
References
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Categories:
- Basque classical composers
- Spanish musicologists
- 1886 births
- 1956 deaths
- Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France
- People from San Sebastián
- Spanish male classical composers
- 20th-century Spanish people
- 20th-century Spanish classical composers
- 20th-century musicologists
- 20th-century Spanish male musicians
- 20th-century French male musicians
- Spanish composer stubs